With the previous label of the second wine of fellow 5th Growth Ch Lynch-Bages being the similar Haut Bages Averous, there is always room for confusion, and perhaps it may contribute to the relative obscurity of this estate. The estate consists of three plots of vineyards, the largest adjacent to Ch Latour, another next to Ch Pichon Lalande and another adjacent to Ch Grand Puy Lacoste. The name comes from its position on top of the Bages plateau in Pauillac with the Liberal being the family that owned it during the 18th and the first part of the 19th Century.
I tasted the 2004 vintage last week. With a purple ruby rim surrounding a dark core, the nose of the wine was sweet with cassis and wood. Sweet berry and wood dominated the palate with hints of tannins appearing mid palate to introduce an acid backbone giving sterling support.
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