{"product_id":"chateau-lynch-moussas-1985","title":"Chateau Lynch-Moussas Pauillac 1985 AOC 0,75l","description":"\u003cp\u003eTwo Pauillac classed growths carry the name of Thomas Lynch, the Bordeaux-born son of an Irish emigrant family who married into the region's wine trade in the eighteenth century. Lynch-Bages is the famous one. Lynch-Moussas, named for the hamlet of Moussas, is the quieter Fifth Growth inland from the river, out past Batailley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt had fallen to almost nothing by the 1960s. Émile Castéja, of the merchant house Borie-Manoux, bought it in 1969 and spent decades replanting, and 1985 comes from the middle of that rebuilding, with the vines still young and the wine honest and firmly Cabernet Sauvignon-led rather than grand. That is precisely why it costs what it does, and why it is an unusually affordable way to hold a Pauillac classed growth from a named year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1985 was a good Médoc vintage, warm and dry into harvest. This bottle has an excellent fill for its age, but a lighter wine of forty years is fragile by definition and is sold as a collectible rather than a guaranteed drink.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProducer:\u003c\/strong\u003e Château Lynch-Moussas\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVintage:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1985\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAppellation:\u003c\/strong\u003e Pauillac AOC\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e 75cl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRegion:\u003c\/strong\u003e Bordeaux, France\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eStyle:\u003c\/strong\u003e Red\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhere it is likely to be now.\u003c\/strong\u003e Young vines and a modest wine to begin with mean this was never built for the long distance, so expect it lean and tertiary if it has held at all, with the neck-level fill the best sign in its favour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWho it suits.\u003c\/strong\u003e An affordable forty-first birthday gift for someone who wants a genuine Pauillac classed growth from their year, and who will enjoy the Irish name behind it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition.\u003c\/strong\u003e Very slight bin-soiling on the label and the fill is still into the neck, which is exceptional for the age and the strongest single sign of careful storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProvenance.\u003c\/strong\u003e Bought to order from a professional European merchant. We check fill, label and capsule when the bottle reaches us and photograph it before it ships.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDelivered in 7 to 10 working days, tracked. Transit cover can be added at checkout.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSold as a collectible item, as seen. No guarantee is given on drinkability.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c!--anno-tpl-3--\u003e","brand":"Château Lynch-Moussas","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58380707201368,"sku":"ANNO-006008","price":89.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1009\/6505\/6856\/files\/Chateau-Lynch-Moussas-Pauillac-1985-AOC-075l.jpg?v=1790692732","url":"https:\/\/anno.wine\/products\/chateau-lynch-moussas-1985","provider":"ANNO","version":"1.0","type":"link"}