2023 Lynch Moussas
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The 2023 Lynch-Moussas is a gorgeous, elegant wine that captures a striking mix of finesse and exuberant vintage-2023 fruit. Soft, silky tannins and lifted, floral aromatics are immediately captivating, and yet it is the purity of the fruit that is most impressive. Lynch-Moussas is pure and total seduction.
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James Suckling
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent
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The 2023 Lynch-Moussas offers quite tertiary-driven black fruit, melted tar and cedar on the nose. It doesn't quite have the delineation or ambition of the previous vintage. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, an appealing roundness and approachability here, although there is plenty of stuffing on the back end. Quite peppery on the aftertaste, this will require three or four years in bottle. Promising.
Smoky red and black fruits, spicy oak, savory herbs, and cedar all emerge from the 2023 Château Lynch-Moussas, a medium-bodied, nicely balanced, elegant 2023 that has ripe, integrated tannins, moderate overall density, yet solid length on the finish. It's a solid effort in the vintage that's going to shine with just a few years of bottle age.
Tobacco leaf, licorice, espresso currants, cherries, and flowers. The medium-bodied palate is loaded with soft, fresh, ripe, round, black cherries, and juicy, currants. There is length, freshness, complexity, and loads of classic character here. The wine blends 78% Cabernet Sauvignon with 22% Merlot. 13.5% ABV.
About the producer
This Fifth Growth Pauillac estate was purchased by the Castéja family – owners of Ch. Batailley – in 1919. In recent years they have been investing in the property, focused on driving quality forward.