Echo de Lynch Bages - Pauillac 2017

Wine Advocate

89

byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe3/17/2020

Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2017 Echo de Lynch Bages has a rather earthy nose of truffles and damp soil over a core of baked plums, boysenberries and warm cassis. Medium-bodied, the palate features a chewy backbone and just enough black fruits, with an earthy finish. Drinking Window : 2020 - 2030

Vinous

90

byAntonio Gallonithe3/11/2020

The 2017 Echo de Lynch Bages is soft, open-knit and easygoing. A rush of sweet red cherry and red plum fruit gives the 2017 its open-knit, distinctive personality. Perhaps it is a bit less expressive than it can be in top vintages, but the balance here is impeccable. Pretty floral and spice notes add an attractive element of suaveness to this lush, supple wine.

Jeb DUNNUCK

91

byJeb Dunnuckthe2/26/2020

The 2017 Echo De Lynch-Bages offers a juicy, yet classic Cabernet Sauvignon bouquet of creme de cassis, graphite, spring flowers, sappy herbs, and hints of cedary and earth. Medium-bodied, elegant, beautifully balanced, and with fine tannins, it's ideal for drinking over the coming 10-15 years.

Jamessuckling.com

93

byJames Sucklingthe1/13/2020

A juicy red with plums and currants and hints of fresh herbs. Medium body. Lightly velvety with pretty fruit character at the end. A blend of 74% cabernet sauvignon, 24% merlot and 2% cabernet franc. Second wine of Château Lynch-Bages. Drink now or hold.

Le Point

14,5-15

byJacques Dupontthe6/20/2018

Nez fin, besoin d’air, mûre, frais, juteux, milieu de bouche marqué par l’élevage, frais, bon vin gourmand à venir.

Jeb DUNNUCK

88-90

byJeb Dunnuckthe6/12/2018

The second wine is the 2017 Echo de Lynch Bages. It’s a soft, forward, effort that has solid notes of cherry and currant fruits intermixed with plenty of leafy herbs and lavender. With supple, polished tannin, notable purity and plenty of length, it’s a charmer that’s going to drink nicely in its youth yet keep for a decade or more.

Vinous

89-91

byAntonio Gallonithe5/15/2018

The 2017 Echo de Lynch Bages is absolutely delicious. Pliant and open-knit, the 2017 offers up a compelling mélange of red berry fruit mixed with floral and spice notes. In 2017, Echo has a bit more Cabernet Sauvignon than is typical. I very much admire the wine's creamy, inviting personality. In other words, Echo is exactly what a second wine should be.

The Wine Cellar Insider

89-91

byJeff Levethe5/11/2018

Medium/full bodied splash of juicy, cassis made even better with cedar and tobacco notes. There is depth on the mid palate and a juicy, dark currant finish. This is perfect to drink while waiting for its big brother Chateau Lynch Bages to come around.

Vinous

86-88

byNeal Martinthe5/1/2018

The 2017 Echo de Lynch Bages, aged in one-year old barrels for 12 months, has a light blackberry and earthy bouquet, a little cedar tucked in underneath, perhaps not quite as precise as the 2016 last year. The palate is medium-bodied with light and quite supple tannin, smooth and harmonious in the mouth, if just a tad short towards the finish.

WeinWisser

17

byRené Gabrielthe4/25/2018

Echo de Lynch-Bages: Dichtes Granat mit violettem Rand. Intensives Bouquet mit Cassis und Wacholder, da-hinter rote Johannisbeeren. Am Gaumen mit sprôder Textur, leicht aufrauend. Maulbeeren und Graphit im eleganten Finale.                                
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Jean-Marc QUARIN

15

byJean-Marc Quarinthe4/17/2018

Jamessuckling.com

92-93

byJames Sucklingthe4/6/2018

A layered and juicy red with blackberry and wet-earth character. Full-bodied, rich and juicy. Well done for second wine of Lynch.