Chateau Lynch Moussas 2021

JAMES SUCKLING: "This is structured for the year, with chocolate, currant, cedar and dried flower aromas. Medium body, solid depth and a chewy finish. 72% cabernet sauvignon and 28% merlot. Give it three or four years to soften. Drink after 2027."

DECANTER: "A dark, knitted nose. Red and black cherries, smooth and well textured with fine tannins that just give support. I like the blue fruit touch on the palate, this has a cool feel aided by bitter dark chocolate elements adding the nuance but all presented with gusto. This is serious and powerful for sure with persistence and long length. It's like a greyhound straight out the gates, fast and decisive. Good balance and well built with power and concentration. A great effort and a real success for getting the most out the vintage. Tasted twice. Ageing 60% new oak."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Blackberries, smoke, tobacco, herbs and creme de cassis are already on display on the nose. Medium-bodied, fresh, soft and polished, with a sweet edge to the juicy currants on the mid-palate and in the spicy, espresso and cocoa-tinted, red berry finish. This is showing better from the bottle than it did from the barrel. The wine blends 72% Cabernet Sauvignon with 28% Merlot. Drink from 2026-2045."

WEINWISSER: "Filigranes Bouquet, rote Johannisbeerdrops, zarte Fliedernote, edle Cassiswürze und Preiselbeersaft. Am saftigen Gaumen mit weicher Textur, fein sandigem Extrakt, engmaschigem Tanningerüst und kompaktem Körper. Im gebündelten Finale verschlankt sich der Pauillac, rote Beeren, Wacholder und zart mürbe Adstringenz, aufgerundet."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, gute Tiefe, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Zart nach Velours und schwarze Waldbeeren, dunkle Herzkirschen, dezente Holzwürze ist unterlegt. Saftig, elegant, rotbeerige Textur, integrierte, reife Tannine, mineralisch und anhaftend, zeigt gute Frische, salziger Touch im Nachhall, mittlere Länge, gutes Entwicklungspotenzial."