Full red-ruby. Great nose combines plum syrup, leather, truffle, spices and a faint herbaceous element. Juicy and very intensely flavored; not particularly complex but offers compelling inner-mouth perfume all the same. Finishes very long and bright, with lovely penetration and horizontal tannins. This wine had the misfortune of following the Lafite and Latour flights in the tasting; while it lacks the class of the first growths, it boasts sneaky intensity. Drink now through 2015.

To my great disappointment, the bottle i opened in August 2011 was well past its prime. Since I was unable to taste it at its best, I will reserve judgment and only caution others that if you have an '85 Lynch-Bages at home, open it soon - it's probably already too late.

Actually 1969, 1978 & 1979