JAMES SUCKLING: "Brambly and attractive ripe blackberries and red-plum aromas with some floral accents, too. The palate has a very plush, polished and regal shape as tannins frame up a core of ripe black fruit. Succulent, impressive finish. Best from 2022."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Lynch Bages offers up crushed black berries, black cherries and dried herbs with an earthy undercurrent. The medium-bodied palate is firm and taut with lively fruit and a chewy finish."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, feine schwarze Beerenfrucht, ein Hauch von Cassis und Minze, einladende Herzkirschenfrucht, feine Röstaromen, facettenreiches Bukett. Komplex, saftig, dunkle Beerenfrucht, feine Tannine, die dem Wein Länge geben, frisch und anhaltend, Brombeeren im Nachhall, sicheres Potenzial, ein Klasse-Pauillac."