2000 Lascombes
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The first of a succession of brilliant wines that have emerged from this previously moribund estate over the last decade, the fully mature 2000 Lascombes is an outstanding effort. Notes of cedarwood, roasted herbs, incense, black cherries, and currants emerge from this medium-bodied, evolved Margaux. Consume it over the next 7-8 years.
Ripe, beef extract nose. Then quite muted on the palate. Quite pinched tannins. 12.5% alcohol according to the label. A bit pinched and uncomfortable all round, in fact. Not a great success for the vintage. Last vintage of the old regime. (JR)
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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.