In Bond Fine Wine. 2020 Château Lynch Moussas, Pauillac, Bordeaux, France. Fifth Growth • Red Bordeaux in 6x75cl. Top critic score: 93/100 (AG). Drinking window: 2023–2045. Sold in bond by Albany Vintners, independent fine wine merchants.
Neal Martin (NM) — 91–93/100 · Vinous, 27/05/2021 · Drink 2025 - 2045
The 2020 Lynch-Moussas has a well-defined bouquet of blackberry, wild strawberry, cedar and freshly rolled tobacco scents. Like the Batailley, the aromatics display an appealing marine scent. The palate is medium-bodied with a patina of oak to be subsumed on the entry. But it feels cohesive and well defined, delivering good weight and a fresh, slightly peppery, graphite-tinged finish. This is a f…
Jeb Dunnuck (JD) — 90–92/100 · JebDunnuck.com, 25/05/2021
An incredibly classic Pauillac, the 2020 Chateau Lynch-Moussas offers medium-bodied aromas and flavors of darker currants, smoked tobacco, lead pencil, and gravelly earth as well as loads of texture, bright tannins, notable balance, and a clean, classy style. It's not massive, by any means, but given its purity of fruit as well as its tannins, it should easily evolve for two decades.
James Suckling (JS) — 94–95/100 · JamesSuckling.com, 23/05/2021
This is a very structured red with lots of blackberry, currant, walnut and graphite. Full-bodied and long. Nice chewiness. 72% cabernet sauvignon, the rest merlot.