{"id":19073,"date":"2015-04-29T18:10:18","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T18:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/?p=19073"},"modified":"2015-04-30T08:43:10","modified_gmt":"2015-04-30T08:43:10","slug":"2014-bordeaux-lynch-bages-and-family-one-that-works","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/2014-bordeaux-lynch-bages-and-family-one-that-works\/","title":{"rendered":"2014 Bordeaux &#8211; Lynch Bages and family &#8211; one that works"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"2014 CH\u00c2TEAU LYNCH BAGES 5\u00e8me Cru Class\u00e9 Pauillac\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-LYNCH-BAGES-5eme-Cru-Classe-Pauillac-21875-00.html?category=119\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Lynch Bages<\/strong><\/a>, released this evening at \u00a3575, has been on a roll for a number of vintages and has been one of the consistently best en primeur &#8216;banker&#8217; buys. After slightly losing the plot, along with the rest of the market, in 2011\/12\/13, with 2014 it is back at a price and quality level that is pitched to regain this position as the nation&#8217;s favourite top-end claret. We loved the wine this year, and so did everyone else: &#8220;Should make very good old bones to chew over. Long and glamorous. Tasting it blind, I guessed it was Lynch&#8221; writes Jancis Robinson, and we like this &#8216;blind recognition&#8217; &#8211; this is a wine with a personality which transcends vintages. Coming out at around \u00a360 per bottle delivered to your cellar including VAT, this is <strong>recommended<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lynch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19087\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Lynch.jpg\" alt=\"Lynch\" width=\"495\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thumb.240x700.55801.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19090\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-2207a.kxcdn.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/thumb.240x700.55801.png\" alt=\"thumb.240x700.5580\" width=\"495\" height=\"134\" \/><\/a>The rest of the Lynch stable is also out, <a title=\"2014 BLANC DE LYNCH BAGES Ch\u00e2teau Lynch Bages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-BLANC-DE-LYNCH-BAGES-Chateau-Lynch-Bages-21721-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Blanc de Lynch Bages<\/strong><\/a> which is getting a great reputation, our old &#8216;buy it in magnums&#8217; friend <a title=\"2014 CH\u00c2TEAU LES ORMES DE PEZ Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel Saint Est\u00e8phe\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-CHATEAU-LES-ORMES-DE-PEZ-Cru-Bourgeois-Exceptionnel-Saint-Estephe-21784-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Les Ormes de Pez<\/strong><\/a>, and the second wine of Lynch, <a title=\"2014 ECHO de Lynch Bages Pauillac Ch\u00e2teau Lynch Bages\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/wine\/2014-ECHO-de-Lynch-Bages-Pauillac-Chateau-Lynch-Bages-21770-00.html?category=261\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Echo de Lynch Bages<\/strong><\/a>&#8216;, all recommended as providing good drinking value.<\/p>\n<p>This late release comes after other releases of the day which seemed to offer less compelling reasons to buy, but there&#8217;s no doubting the quality of <strong>Ang\u00e9lus<\/strong> and <strong>Palmer<\/strong>, and there are bargains at the lower level with <strong>La Tour Carnet<\/strong> and <strong>Fombrauge<\/strong> &#8211; read more <strong><a title=\"Palmer, Angelus, Tour Carnet\" href=\"https:\/\/www.leaandsandeman.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/04\/2014-bordeaux-primeurs-angelus-tour-carnet-fombrauge\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We loved Lynch this year, and so did everyone else: &#8220;Long and glamorous. Tasting it blind, I guessed it was Lynch&#8221; writes Jancis Robinson, and we like this &#8216;blind recognition&#8217; &#8211; this is a wine with a personality which transcends vintages. Coming out at around \u00a360 per bottle delivered to your cellar including VAT, this is recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[676],"tags":[837,683,682,297,681],"class_list":["post-19073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2014-bordeaux","tag-2014-bordeaux","tag-blanc-de-lynch","tag-echo-de-lynch","tag-lynch-bages","tag-ormes-de-pez"],"contentshake_article_id":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2014 Bordeaux - Lynch Bages and family - one that works<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We loved Lynch this year, and so did everyone else: &quot;Long and glamorous. 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