1996 Lascombes
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The 1996 Lascombes from jeroboam has a simple nose, pretty in its own way, but it fundamentally lacks the DNA of a Margaux. There is a touch of rose petals with time. The palate is medium-bodied with dry tannins, rather hollow on the mid-palate with a light and slightly saline finish that needs more substance. This was not a great period for the Margaux estate, and this 1996 does nothing to alter that.
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This is a mainstream, oaky, soft, fruity wine without much depth or length. It is open-knit, with dried herb and black currant fruit in its moderately intense aromatics. The short finish reveals no hard edges. Drink it over the next 7-8 years.
Exotic aromas of blackberry, tangerine and Indian spice. Full-bodied, silky and refined. Gorgeous. Little short.--'95/'96 Bordeaux retrospective. Drink now. 20,000 cases made. James Suckling,Wine Spectator 2007
This is a mainstream, oaky, soft, fruity wine without much depth or length. It is open-knit, with dried herb and black currant fruit in its moderately intense aromatics. The short finish reveals no hard edges. Drink it over the next 7-8 years. Apr 1999, 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.