The second wine of Lynch-Moussas. The baking heat of 2003 is reflected in this wine's baked fruit character, and the...

Unfortunately this bottle suffered from some cork taint and most went down the drain. Yet underneath the damp cardboard I could tell that the wine was unbalanced and a bit over the hill anyway. Plenty of hard tannin left, overpowering what little fruit remained. Fault notwithstanding, this would have been a decent, if old-school and rustic, Bordeaux to be drunk on the young side. I'd be curious to try different vintage.