Château Lynch-Bages 5me Cru Classé 2000

Beginning to open magnificently, the still dense purple-coloured 2000 reveals a blossoming bouquet of blackberries, cassis, graphite and pen ink. Full-bodied with velvety tannins that have resolved themselves beautifully over the last eleven years, this wine is still an adolescent, but it exhibits admirable purity, texture, mouthfeel and power combined with elegance. August 2011