Ratings by Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Lynch-Moussas is a long-forgotten, underperforming Pauillac that seems to be making a few noises about improving its image among consumers. This is a pleasant, easygoing, seductive style of wine that does not really have much stuffing, but what is there is nice. Deep ruby/purple, medium-bodied, with sweet, soft,… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 81 Tasting Notes I had hoped for more based on cask tastings, but tasted twice from bottle, the 2002 comes across as a relatively one-dimensional Pauillac with pleasant currant flavors intermixed with tobacco leaf, cedar, and spice. It is medium-bodied but short and lacking persistence as well as depth. Drink it… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 88 Tasting Notes Probably the best effort I have tasted from Lynch-Moussas … in my career! Deep ruby/purple, with a sweet nose of creme de cassis intermixed with licorice, dried herbs, and vanilla, the wine is rich in fruit, has good glycerin, silky tannin, and a nice, spicy, layered finish. This… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 87 Tasting Notes One of the finest Lynch Moussas yet produced, the 1998 exhibits a deep ruby/purple color in addition to a sweet nose of cassis, medium body, fine purity, and admirable harmony. Not a blockbuster, it will provide delicious drinking in 1-2 years, and will last for 12-15 years. (Wine… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes A very good example of this under-achieving estate, the 1996’s saturated dark ruby/plum color is accompanied by textbook aromas of black currants, smoky new oak, minerals, and tobacco. Well-made, with moderate tannin, excellent purity, and a medium-bodied, ripe, melted asphalt-flavored finish, this seductive Lynch-Moussas should drink well at… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 86 Tasting Notes After bottling, the 1995 Lynch-Moussas is a very good wine, with a dark ruby color, spicy, cedary, cassis fruit in its moderately-endowed nose, good ripeness and flesh on the attack, and a dry, clean, moderately tannic finish with grip and delineation. Anticipated maturity: 2002-2016. Lynch-Moussas is clearly on… Read More »
Ratings by Robert Parker 91 Tasting Notes A classic Pauillac as well as a sleeper of the vintage, the 2008 is even better from bottle than I predicted from cask. It boasts a dense purple color along with an impressive display of black currants, licorice, forest floor and graphite, medium to full body, a hefty… Read More »