CHÂTEAU LYNCH MOUSSAS
2019 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac
| Grapes | Cab Sauv, Merlot |
| Colour | Red |
| Origin | France, Bordeaux |
| Sub-district | Haut Médoc |
| Village | Pauillac |
| Classification | 5ème Cru Classé |
| ABV | 13% |
Attractive open nose but with a dark edge to the fruit. On the palate there's a good feel. Plump but not overbearing. A more cooked less floral, fruit led drive to the mid palate. There's dark fudge and some meaty notes too. Finishes quite nicely tight - but a dark more sinewy, savoury wave becomes more prominent towards the tightly bound finish with sweet mortadella and tarry damson notes. Vines here are more than 40 years old. 73% Cabernet Sauvignon & 27% Merlot.
2019 marks the 100th Anniversary of the Castéja family here and they are celebrating with a one-off special bottle and label. L&S (Jun 2020)
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The 2019 Lynch-Moussas is a wild, potent wine. Dark red cherry, iron, smoke, espresso, licorice, leather and mint convey intensity and virile power. The 2019 is deep and fleshy, at times a bit rustic too, but long on character. I would give it a few years in bottle first. Drinking range: 2027 - 2044 Rating: 94 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (Feb 2022)
The 2019 Lynch-Moussas, in an embossed bottle to celebrate a century of ownership by the Castèja family, has an understated bouquet of blackberry, briar, tobacco and touches of pencil shaving, and still that touch of mint. The palate is medium-bodied with fine-grained tannins, good backbone, firm grip and much more substance on the finish compared to previous vintages, that tincture of Earl Grey coming through with time. This is an excellent, classically styled Pauillac. Drinking range: 2024 - 2050 Rating: 92 Neal Martin, www.vinous.com (Feb 2022)
A good shot of pencil lead on the first nose. This is easy to approach, firm blackberry fruits, and softened tannins even at this stage. First vintage of this wine was in 2018, and it offers an easy to approach Pauillac. Drinking range: 2025 - 2040 Rating: 89 Jane Anson, Decanter (Jan 2022)
Château Lynch Moussas
Pauillac Cinquième cru 1855 Thomas Lynch emigrated to Bordeaux from Galway in Ireland in 1691. He had two children and it was his son Thomas who associated the family name with Bordeaux by inheriting Lynch-Bages through his wife, and buying Lynch-Moussas and Dauzac in Margaux. Jean Castéja bought Lynch Moussas in 1919, and his family still own the estate. Lynch Moussas has has not really matched its apparent namesake estate of Lynch Bages which exceeds its 5th growth status with ease. Indeed, by the end of the 1960's, Lynch Moussas was run down with the chais in such bad repair that the wine had to be made at neighbouring Batailley. Things have improved considerably since then and, in good years, Lynch Moussas produce some perfectly decent claret. There are 60ha of vines, in various plots around Pauillac, planted with 70% Cabernet Sauvignon and 30% Merlot.
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2019 CHÂTEAU BATAILLEY 5ème Cru Classé Pauillac
Bordeaux France 13% Red
Cabernet Sauvignon, Petit Verdot, Merlot. Half-bottles
Some oriental spice adds an enticing hook to the pretty aromatic nose. Laden with cigar-box notes and pretty, deep red fruit. Gets darker and more cooked on the palate, but holds its own. Rich and ripe and warming - b
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