Continuing our tasting of the wines from the Casteja family’s estates in Bordeaux, our Wine-Director, David Allen MW, tastes the 2010 vintage of Chateau Lynch Moussas in Pauillac. This is a fully mature example of this wine from a ripe and well-structured vintage. Our thanks to negociants Boire Manoux for providing the sample to taste.
Château Lynch-Moussas is an estate in the north of the Pauillac appellation. It was once part of the large estate of the Comte Lynch (and a former hunting lodge) that was divided into two in 1824, the other part becoming Lynch-Bages (although Moussas kept the château building). Like Lynch-Bages, it was ranked as a fifth growth in the 1855 Bordeaux classification. Lynch-Moussas is now part of the Borie-Manoux portfolio.
The estate is made up of around 55 hectares (136 acres) of vines, which are planted silica and gravel soils over limestone, as is typical for Pauillac. This is planted to around 70 percent Cabernet Sauvignon, with the rest made up of Merlot. These proportions are mirrored in the Cabernet-dominant Lynch-Moussas wine, which is aged for up to 18 months in oak barrels, around half of which are new.
To learn more about this wine, its pricing and where to find it follow this link to the Wine-Searcher website:
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