1985 Lascombes
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This wine needs to be consumed as it reached full maturity within 5-6 years of the vintage. The medium garnet color is already revealing significant rust. The wine displays sweet berry fruit intermingled with roasted herbs, chocolate, smoke, and licorice scents and flavors. This medium-bodied, soft, round wine is not very concentrated, but it is attractive, relatively elegant, and in need of consumption. Robust tannin in the finish makes me think the wine may already be beginning to dry out. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted 3/97
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This wine needs to be consumed as it reached full maturity within 5-6 years of the vintage. The medium garnet color is already revealing significant rust. The wine displays sweet berry fruit intermingled with roasted herbs, chocolate, smoke, and licorice scents and flavors. This medium-bodied, soft, round wine is not very concentrated, but it is attractive, relatively elegant, and in need of consumption. Robust tannin in the finish makes me think the wine may already be beginning to dry out. Anticipated maturity: Now. Last tasted 3/97 Jan 1998, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
With vines spread across 40 different parcels throughout the appellation, Ch. Lascombes is one of the most fragmented but also largest Médoc estates, with 120 hectares of vines, now owned by the MACSF insurance company.