Echo De Lynch Bages 2020 (750ML)

95-96 JS / 93 JD / 93 DE / 92 JA / 92 FS / 16 JR

Intense graphite and violet character with lead pencil. It’s full and firm with chewy and balanced tannins. Iodine coming through. So intense. Super second wine. Like the grand vin of Lynch from the 1980s. 60% cabernet sauvignon and 40% merlot. - James Suckling

The first vintage made at the new facility, the 2020 Echo De Lynch-Bages checks in as 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot that was raised all in once-used barrels. It’s a big, mouth-filling, serious second wine revealing classic Pauillac lead pencil and tobacco notes., plenty of ripe black fruits, velvety tannins, and a great finish. One of the more opulent, expansive wines in the vintage, it has loads to love as well as more than a hint of the style of the Grand Vin. - Jeb Dunnuck

Bramble fruit, toasty aromas and soft florality. Structured and serious from the get go with super fine tannins that fill the mouth and coat the tongue and cheeks, but with a cool, graphite grip to them. Supple but not plush at all, definitely more lean but not strict as this has a soft chew giving a lovely appealing, welcome weight in the mouth. Juicy and vibrant, this has energy and life but remaining refined and elegant, nothing has been overworked here. A really impressive second wine with terroir speaking. Succulent and easy but also confident and well built. - Georgina Hindle, Decanter

First year in the new cellars, with far more space that allows true plot by plot vinifiation. A true Pauillac depth, and this is one of the better second wines of the vintage in this corner of the Médoc, where the tannins can be fierce. Plump blackberry fruit, cocoa bean and liqourice, excellent quality, serious with classic balance. 3.78ph, 22hl/h yield. - Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

Tasted blind. Deep crimson. Pure, fragrant black fruit, slightly leafy in a nice way. Savoury and less fragrant on the mid palate but with an attractive dark restraint. Tannins are refined. Dryish finish.-Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson