2015 Ch Lascombes 2ème Cru Margaux - 1x500cl
06B5LASCJ _ 2015 - Ch Lascombes 2ème Cru Margaux - 1x500cl
  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Lascombes
  • Region Margaux
  • Drinking 2020 - 2050
  • Case size 1x500cl
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2015 - Ch Lascombes 2ème Cru Margaux - 1x500cl

  • Colour Red
  • Producer Château Lascombes
  • Region Margaux
  • Drinking 2020 - 2050
  • Case size 1x500cl
  • Available Now
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Case price: £591.37 Duty Paid inc VAT
Equivalent Bottle Price: £591.37 Duty Paid inc VAT
Case price: £475.00 In Bond
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  • Neal Martin, July 2019, Score: 92

    The 2015 Lascombes was out of sorts when I re-tasted the wine after bottling, but a year later, it has settled down and is one of the best wines from the estate in recent vintages. It offers delightfully pure, beautifully defined black cherry and blueberry fruit; pressed violet aromas gradually unfurl with aeration. The palate is very well balanced with crisp tannin, which is perhaps still a little rigid but provides a symmetrical framework upon which the pure, graphite-tinged black fruit rests. One to watch. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.

  • Neal Martin, April 2016, Score: 89-91

    The 2015 Lascombes has a dense, rich bouquet with licorice and cigar box-infused black fruit and a touch of wilted violet. It feels rather tight-fisted compared to its peers in the Margaux appéllation. The palate is very smooth on the entry, plenty of new oak here, balanced but for want of a better word, missing some personality - especially on the finish that feels just a little labored. Drink: 2019 - 2032

  • Matthew Jukes, April 2016, Score: 17.5

    (50 Cabernet Sauvignon, 47 Merlot, 3 Petit Verdot) | 70% new oak. Lascombes is plush and buoyant on the nose and palate and I was expecting it to fade when it fact it just kept on going. Not the most complex wine and a little too oak-scented, it is still a much more successful offering than many Margaux. The finish is closed and cool, but not raw, and this is a very good sign. It will drink well over two decades and I am very satisfied with the texture above all of its traits which shows very sensitive extraction.

  • Jancis Robinson, April 2016, Score: 16.5

    Dark purple. A little bit of wood shavings on the nose of this, as in the second wine. Very sweet palate entry without quite the energy of some of the most successful Margaux but it is certainly dramatic. Some will love its full-on impact. Tastes a bit alcoholic. Drink 2025-2038

  • Wine Spectator, April 2016, Score: 90-93

    A frankly fruit-driven style, but delicious, with exuberant plum and blackberry paste flavors leading the way, backed by a melted licorice note. The velvety finish has good underlying acidity.

Producer

Château Lascombes

Château Lascombes, bears the name of its first owner, Chevalier de Lascombes, who was born in 1625. Bought by Alexis Lichine in 1952, he rennovated the château's vineyard and cellars. In 1971 he sold the estate to the British brewer Bass-Charrington. The estate then passed on to Colony Capital in 2001. With this new ownership, the slightly unloved estate has again blossomed, due to strict selection methods and more labour i...Read more

Château Lascombes, bears the name of its first owner, Chevalier de Lascombes, who was born in 1625. Bought by Alexis Lichine in 1952, he rennovated the château's vineyard and cellars. In 1971 he sold the estate to the British brewer Bass-Charrington. The estate then passed on to Colony Capital in 2001. With this new ownership, the slightly unloved estate has again blossomed, due to strict selection methods and more labour intensive vinification. Yves Vatelot (of Reignac) and Alain Raynaud (of Quinault) have been consulting, and the jump in quality is impressive. The vineyards are planted with vines of an average age of 40 years with 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. For ageing, 80-100% new oak barriques are used, depending on the character of the vintage.Read less

Region

Margaux

Plump, silky and seductive are the words often used to describe wines from Margaux. Because of their style, they tend to be user friendly and more approachable when young. This is in part due to its terroir which is comprised of the thinnest soil as well as the highest proportion of chunky gravel in all of the Médoc. It drains well but also is it more susceptible to vintage variation. Margaux wines tend to have the highest proportions of Merlot within the core of the Médoc further adding to their ample roundness and openness. Margaux is home to the largest number of classified growths including its namesake first growth, Château Margaux, as well as third growths, Palmer and d'Issan.

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