Chateau Lascombes 2014

ANTONIO GALLONI: "The 2014 Lascombes is a bold, dramatic wine. Dark stone fruit, leather, bittersweet chocolate, smoke, licorice and French oak all meld together in the glass. Lascombes is a powerful, modern Margaux with soft contours and considerable fruit intensity. All the elements come together effortlessly. Readers should expect a bold, intense wine."

DECANTER: "Very good depth of fruit showing florality, fragrance and freshness with the usual Lascombes richness. A big, broad wine but the Margaux elegance is there with lift and spice to continue a good run from this château. Drinking Window 2019 - 2030."

JAMES SUCKLING: "Blueberries and wet earth with dried flowers. Full body, a solid core fruit and a long and juicy finish. Excellent."

JEB DUNNUCK: "A beautiful and elegant effort from this estate, the 2014 Lascombes offers lots of ripe black cherry ad blackberry fruit characteristics as well as notes of cedary spice, liquid flowers and graphite. It’s pure, elegant and nicely concentrated, especially in the vintage, and with bright acidity and integrated tannin, it’s going to benefit from short term cellaring and keep for 15-20 years."

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Medium bodied, with an oaky component that adds roundness and fat to the black cherry filled wine, but there is also a lot of espresso, and smoke at the moment."

WEINWISSER: "50 % Merlot, 45 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 5 % Petit Verdot, 39 hl/ha, 60 % Grand Vin, 90 % neue Barriquefässer. Dunkles Rubin mit wässrigem Rand. Delikates Bouquet mit frischem Cassis und Maulbeeren. Im zweiten Ansatz Brasiltabak und edle Kräuternoten. Am festen Gaumen mit engem, stützendem Tanningerüst, dicht mit Muskeln besetzt. Im fein aromatischen Finale mit hellen Edel - hölzern und roten Beeren"

WINE ENTHUSIAST: "One of the largest estates in Margaux, Lascombes is now performing well. With this vintage the heavy over-oaking of past years has gone to be replaced with a wine that is full of black fruits as much as rich tannins. There is concentration and a good potential for aging. Drink from 2025."