18 Rene Gabriel
72 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 23 % Merlot, 3 % Cabernet Franc, 2 % Petit Verdot. Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Erhabenes, tiefgründiges Bouquet, schwarze Pflaumen, Cassis, Waldbrombeeren, dunkles Leder, schwarze Schokolade und auch etwas Minze. Fleischiger Gaumen, viel schwarzbeerige Substanz, dichte Tannine, gesunde, aber doch feine Adstringenz. Erinnert mich ganz stark an die Fassprobe vom 1985er! Da liegen 19/20 drin in 10 Jahren. Hat mich ziemlich beeindruckt. Ich habe ihn bei drei Gelegenheiten degustiert. Einmal bei einem Händler, dann auf dem Weingut selbst und dann im Saal von Lagrange. Dort hatte ich die 19/20er-Karte praktisch schon griffbereit.<br/><br/>warten (2016 - 2039)
92 Wine Spectator
This has solid guts, with plum, currant and blackberry fruit melded together at the core, while notes of charcoal, warm tobacco and singed iron form the backdrop. Should be very solid when it comes together after some cellaring. Best from 2016 through 2028. –JM
90 Robert Parker
The medium-bodied 2011 Lynch Bages possesses a saturated ruby/purple color as well as beautiful creme de cassis notes, a generous, concentrated, well-made, medium to full-bodied style and supple tannins. A successful effort in 2011, it should be drinkable in 3-4 years and last for 15+. It is a sleeper of the vintage.
90 Vinous
The 2011 Lynch-Bages is quite savoury on the nose with dried blood and meat juices intermixed with the black fruit. The palate is ripe and rounded on the entry, quite dense and muscular for a Pauillac, grippy towards the finish where I am seeking more elegance and precision. Not bad, though not the best wine that the Cazes family have overseen this decade. Tasted blind at the annual 10-Year-On tasting.