Byron Fuller

8.9

Very true. Will seek more. — 7 years ago

Victor Hsu

9.5

We laid down this wine almost two decades ago in our home cellar, as the vintage year of 1996 was our daughter’s birth year. Now she’s 21 and the whole family was eager to sample what it had become. We went to the Brazilian churrascaria Fogo de Chao to make sure there would be plenty of different types of meat to pair with this well aged red. In a word—great. Silky and perfumed, earthy and complex, textbook aged Bordeaux. I couldn’t stop drinking it but made sure my wife and daughter got their share too! I’m excited that we still have five bottles left. — 8 years ago

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Berry's Pauillac, Ch. Lynch Bages — 9 years ago

Matt Trader

9.0

Le Haut - Medoc de Haut Bages Liberal is the third label of the well known 5th growth Pauillac, Château Haut-Bages Liberal. This is a great example of a Bordeaux sub $25 that drinks well in its price range. Notes of black fruits, dried tocacco, and cedar pour out of the bowl of the glass. On the pallet is a wonderful orchestration of black currant, graphite, minerals, fine tannin integration, and oak aging. This is a great expression of Cabernet Sauvignon, most likely due to a fantastic, once in a century growing year that produced top notch fruit. I tasted this at a young age, but I think this wine, due to its good acidity and structure, could age for several more years and maintain its youth.
I paired this with a New York Strip, sautéed kale and garlic, and cilantro lime rice; a successful pairing indeed! — 10 years ago

Michael Walker

9.3

Liked haut brion and lynch bages better — 11 years ago

Andrew Dietrich

9.5

On the nose: cedar, leather, cassis. Medium to full-bodied with a long finish. Better than Haut Bages Liberal — 12 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.7

🏅 Rating 97/100 (4,7🌟)

Super Vintages of SuperSeconds🍷

Textbook Pauillac on the nose with cassis, dark fruits. Complex, concentrated with power and full body as it should be.

2eme GC Classé. 60% CS, 35% M, 4% CF, 1% PV. Fermented in steel tanks. Partly malo in barrel. Up to 18 mo aging in 70% new oak. Fining, no filtration.

Now Chateau is managed by Christian Seely. Great quality improvement starting from 2001.

'90 is made by former winemaker Jean-Michel Cazes (ex Lynch-Bages). Outstanding wine! — 7 years ago

Andrew G

9.2

One of the 3 second wines of 5th growth Haut Bages Liberal. Even better than the last time - typical Pauillac barnyard notes. 92 — 9 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.0

This wine is going to surprise a few people this year. Soft tannins and nice florals already. — 10 years ago

David Harper

9.3

Nice easy drinking €80 — 10 years ago

Niki Lin

9.5

Sill great nose, lively — 11 years ago

Michael Matonte

Sommelier/Manager Vin Chicago

9.3

Drinking very well- still youthful. Gravel, rocks, cedar, pencil lead, soft. — 11 years ago

with Robert

Bret Barker

9.5

What a contrast to the 89 lynch bages. This wine was a deep purple. It is a dense full bodied wine with a very smooth finish. Little blueberry, graphite, and creme de cassis. Great wine. — 7 years ago

with Adam

web bond

8.9

375ml. Multiple parcels located adjacent to, and/or near, Mouton, Latour, Lynch Bages, etc. One of the least expensive prices of admission to Pauillac. — 8 years ago

Bill Bishop

9.4

The 1993 Pichon LaLande is great right now. Younger daughter's birthyear wine, drank with '89 Lynch Bages at Christmas dinner. More fruit than spice/tar in nose. Good acidity with softer tannins in the finish. Nice cherry fruit on the palate. Fruit lingered well in the finish. Drink up over next couple years. — 9 years ago

Russ Bus

9.0

Needs some time to open up - very fair for the price. 2007 — 10 years ago

Pat Grav

9.0

Vin assez gras nez flatteur — 11 years ago

Ken Jenkins

9.1

Well structured elegantly balanced wine, with a long finish. Much nicer than the Haut-Bages Libéral 2010 which proceeded it.... — 11 years ago