2018 Château Lynch Bages Echo de Lynch Bages Pauillac

The Lynch-Bages Echo has been given the name Echo because it receives the same attention as its big brother and the process is also a copy (an Echo) from the vine to the cellar. It has the taste, smell and characteristic length of Pauillacs. It is also endowed with roundness and suppleness and makes this wine earlier and more accessible than its big brother. The Echo has attractive dark berries with sweet, spicy oak on the nose leading to a smooth palate with soft tannins and a fresh, approachable finish. Another big difference is the price.

The 2018 Echo from Lynch-Bages is a deep purple-black color and is a blend of 62% Cabernet Sauvignon, 36% Merlot and 2% Cabernet Franc matured in 2nd and 3rd year oak barriques so as not to disrupt too much the fruitiness that characterizes this wine. The Echo is seductive with fragrant notes of violets, rosehip tea and fragrant forest soil over a core of crushed blackberries, warm blackcurrants and kirsch plus hints of chocolate mint and crushed stones. Full, rich, wonderfully concentrated and well structured, with a firm backbone of firm, grainy tannins and powerful freshness, with a long finish.