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2005 Château Lascombes |
| Vintage | 2005 |  Label 1 of 19   | |
| Type | Red | ||
| Producer | Château Lascombes (web) | ||
| Variety | Red Bordeaux Blend | ||
| Designation | n/a | ||
| Vineyard | n/a | ||
| Country | France | ||
| Region | Bordeaux | ||
| SubRegion | Médoc | ||
| Appellation | Margaux | ||
| UPC Code | 033293170006 |
| Drinking windows, Wishlists and Values |
| Wine Market Journal quarterly auction price: See Lascombes on the Wine Market Journal. |
| Community Tasting History |
Community Tasting Notes (average 92.5 pts. and median of 93 pts. in 124 notes) | |
| Tasted by Outlier on 8/31/2010 & rated 95 points: A real beauty. Surprisingly exciting and open straight from the bottle, it almost felt like it closed up a bit after a few hours. This is quite drinkable now, even though it will improve with age. (1361 views) | |
| Tasted by Blue Shorts on 8/14/2010 & rated 93 points: 50+5+13+17+8 Decanted at cellar temperature for 5 hours. Aromas of coffee, black fruits, tobacco, earth, leather. A very full mouth-feel. Taste similar to the nose, with the addition of dark chocolate and with BIG tannins. Went extremely well with grilled NY Strips (montreal style). Long, tannic finish. A beautiful margaux. Needs more time, but shwing very well right now. (2047 views) | |
| Tasted by Mindmuse on 8/12/2010 & rated 92 points: Dark ruby. Pretty full nose with cassis, graphite, cedary oak, menthol, grilled toast, floral notes. Medium body with some lushness, long palate filling texture with black and blue fruit, some garrigue and smoky earth. I didn't have time to give this enough air and shared with four so not a lot of time in glass. Tasty. Probably on a good trajectory for the future. (2062 views) | |
| Tasted by jfl91 on 8/9/2010 & rated 92 points: (1586 views) | |
| Tasted by tourette on 7/25/2010 & rated 93 points: This was good as s__t. Rich and opulent, but very well balanced. Too young, but decanted first which helped. Earth and barnyard, blueberries, spice box, cedar, and a bit of brambles. Delicious now, I'm sure it will be even better in 5 or 10 years, but couldn't keep my hands off it. Went well with the cheese plate after dinner - especially the Roquefort. (2637 views) | |
| Tasted by timfh on 7/10/2010 & rated 92 points: (2030 views) | |
| Tasted by timfh on 7/10/2010 & rated 92 points: (1905 views) | |
| Tasted by timfh on 7/10/2010 & rated 92 points: (1821 views) | |
| Tasted by Olch on 7/5/2010 & rated 90 points: (2168 views) | |
| Tasted by Yde on 6/30/2010 & rated 94 points: (2781 views) | |
| Tasted by memphishusky on 6/17/2010: Decanted into a flower vase (clean thankfully) at the restaurant for 1.5 hrs. This was really good. Earthy on the nose, but plenty of fruit tocarry the day. Certainly could use some more time in the cellar (3687 views) | |
| Tasted by soyhead on 6/6/2010 & rated 91 points: Nose - earthy, oak Mouth - tannic , fruity, yet restrained. Delicious but clearly bordeaux. No jamminess here (4183 views) | |
| Tasted by fallen on 5/31/2010 & rated 95 points: (3336 views) | |
| Tasted by KingSlacker999 on 5/25/2010 & rated 91 points: Bit tannic now, slight barnyard on the nose, red fruit. Tannins a bit drying. Room to develop too. Will be much better in 3+ years. (5059 views) | |
| Tasted by Faryan on 5/25/2010 & rated 91 points: 2005 Margaux Blind Horizontal (Urbana Restaurant, DC): Tasted single blind in flights of other 05 Margaux. All wines double decanted two hours. Small variance in temperature of service. Has a tremendous amount of tobacco and earthiness to the nose but the palate is very cherry driven and somewhat light. Finishes abruptly and without a sense of tannin and direction. Somewhat rounded beyond natural? A lovely early drinking wine for sure. (4534 views) | |
| Tasted by Anonymous on 5/7/2010 & rated 87 points: Smoky smell and a little harsh right out of the bottle. After a while, it softened a bit but probably needs to age at least a couple more years before opening up. (5531 views) | |
| Tasted by prasm on 5/3/2010 & rated 91 points: Decanted 30 minutes and consumed over an hour. Nose: Initially big barnyard and smoke, later big black fruit came to the forefront. Palate: Medium to full bodied dominated by the dark fruit. Finish: Medium length showing the best with the last taste. We definitely rushed this wine to meet a dinner reservation time - next time this wine will be decanted 2 hours before first pour. That being said, this was still a very enjoyable wine. (5642 views) | |
| Tasted by Bobo N on 5/2/2010 & rated 94 points: Young and bold, but drinking well after a quick decant. Blueberrry and blackberry are dominant fruits. Bouquet includes tar, barnyard, and an undertone of sweet floral that other reviewers have referred to as the margaux perfume. Glad I tried this young Bordeaux and have a few more in the cellar, but not as many as RobertD2. (5729 views) | |
| Tasted by robertdtwo on 5/2/2010 & rated 93 points: Blueberry and floral nose, with an added element I can't decide is tar, smoke, or some combination of both. Mild barnyard in the bouquet background, mild mocha and light minerality mid-palate and oh so s-m-o-o-t-h tannins versus my expectation on first taste of this vintage. And the best way to try this wine? Buy some for yourself, but get your friend to open one out of his cellar while yours age (thanks, Bobo N!). (5702 views) | |
| Tasted by zoetrope on 5/1/2010 & rated 92 points: (3551 views) | |
| Tasted by soyhead on 4/18/2010 & rated 93 points: I was surprised that this wine was being opened at the end of the night, but ultimately amazed at how well it showed. It drinks beautifully right now with elegant red and dark berries galore, a coffee midpalate, and serious back end tannins. Good minerality to boot. Delicious already with huge potential if you can be patient... (6566 views) | |
| Tasted by Alex H on 4/18/2010 & rated 87 points: WGS: 2005 Bordeaux; 4/17/2010-4/18/2010 (Hilton Hotel Singapore): Coffee ..very much freshly brewed coffee nose...singular but aromatic coffee in the morning! Lovely fruits, charming and seductive lucsious and deeply black. Looking back at past notes, think this wine probably wouldnt evolve into a different beast altogether but would probably deepen its current dark fruit, modern coffee oak , dark choc kind of style. (5593 views) | |
| Tasted by Matt Scott on 4/18/2010 & rated 95 points: Decanted with a funnel for six hours, 65 degree day (perfect). Dark garnet-black, with a light, chrystal rim. Wild blackberry, dark chocolate, licorice, mineral and the classic Margaux perfume. Enthalling and almost illicit. The tannins are a stunning velvet glove, with a noticable grip. Very complex and the concentration is very well executed. This is an uber '03, with better acidity, structure and complexity. Persistant finish that is sweet and elegant. Best Lascombes that I've had. You need to decant. Very youthful and delicious. A full-figured Lascombes. Drink 2015 -. (5497 views) | |
| Tasted by mn_horn on 4/17/2010 & rated 93 points: Ryan's Wine Tasting #002 - Compare and Contrast (Blaine, MN): Popped the cork 7 hours prior, with the last 3 in the decanter. A wonderful Margaux. Incredibly dark purple, with a classic perfumed nose. Well balanced and extremely elegant, smooth mouthfeel. Good acidity and lovely long finish. This is tasty now with a long decant, but I am looking forward to following this over the next 10-15 years. At $50, this is a great classified Bdx QPR. (5879 views) | |
| Tasted by jcable on 4/12/2010 & rated 90 points: Drank it too fast, should have decanted or given it more time. Great color with a very barnyard and earthy nose that carried to the mouth. Wanted air, wanted to open, we didn't give it the chance, hence my 90. I've had this before and it is more than a 90 point wine IMO, but given we rushed it we had a 90 point experience -- our bad! The structure here is amazing. You can taste the layers as they come from the nose into the mouth, and you can taste them on the finish as well, which is nice and long even before opening. Great wine. Give it time and air. (7057 views) | |
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About the Winery Lascombes
"Chateau Lascombes is located in the commune of Margaux, Bordeaux. (Appellation Margaux Controlée). Classification: 2nd Growth Second label: Chevalier de Lascombes 84 hectares under vines. 50 hectares produce grapes for the first wine and 2nd wine. These vineyards have are elevated for good drainage and have a gravelly soil. Vines are densely planted with 8,000 to 10,000 vines per hectare Yeild is 40-50 hectoliters per hectare. Chateau Lascombes was founded in the early 1600's by the Lascombes family. The current chateau was built between 1875 and 1880. Lascombes earned a ranking as a second growth in the Medoc Classification of 1855. At that time it was owned by Chaix d'Est-Ange who was a general under Napoleon III. In the 1950's, Alexis Lichine purchased the chateau and began to realize its potential. The property was sold in 1971 to BASS, its current owners. Harvesting of the grapes are always done by hand so as to discard grapes that are overripe or unripe. The wine is fermented in temperature controlled, stainless steel tanks. Varieties are vinified separately. The Merlots undergo malolactic fermentation in new French oak casks. Once the assemblage has been performed , the wine is aged in oak casks for 18 months. About 1/2 of the barrels for Chateau Lascomes first wines are new each year. For the second wine, about 1/4 of the barrels are new each year. A fining of the wines with egg whites is performed before bottling." www.chateau-lascombes.com/gb/index.htm
Grand Cru Classe 2nd Growth 52% Cabernet Sauvignon 45% Merlot 3% Petit Verdot About Red Wines The variety Red Bordeaux Blend on CellarTracker implies any blend using any or all of the five traditional Bordeaux varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot and Malbec. As such, this is used worldwide, whether for wines from Bordeaux, Meritages from California and Canada, some Super-Tuscan wines etc. Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia) Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) | Simple Bordeaux primer Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) The eight precisely defined appellations of the whole of the Médoc (from Blanquefort Brook to the north of the Bordeaux built-up area, almost to the Pointe de Grave) may claim the Médoc appellation. But there is also a specific territory in the north of the peninsula which produces exclusively wines with this appellation. In the great majority, the Médocs come from the north of the peninsula. The great individuality of this region is that the number of vines has increased more recently here than elsewhere, apart from a few isolated spots where vines have grown for many years. Today, the size of the small estate has brought about the development of a powerful co-operative movement. Four co-operatives out of five belong to the group called Unimédoc which ensures aging, bottling and marketing a large proportion of their wines. As with a large part of the Bordeaux vineyards, vines first appeared in Margaux during the Gallo-Roman period. In 1705 a text mentions Château Margaux . But we have to wait for the end of the eighteenth century and the coming of the earliest techniques in aging for the concept of wines of high quality to develop. The confirmation of this was the famous 1855 classification which recognized 21 Crus Classés in the Margaux appellation. One hundred years later, the Viticultural Federation and the Margaux appellation of controlled origin were born. The appellation, which stretches out over five communes, is actually unique in the Médoc in that it is the only one to contain all the range of wines, as rich as they are vast, from First Great Cru Classé to the Fifths, not forgetting its famous Crus Bourgeois and its Crus Artisans. In Margaux there is a predominance of Garonne gravel on a central plateau of about 4 miles in length and one and a quarter wide. To the east-south-east, it overlooks the low lying land by the estuary. Its east side is marked by gentle, dry valleys and a succession of ridges.The layer of gravel in Margaux was spread out by a former Garonne in the early Quaternary. Rather large in size, it is mingled with shingle of average dimension and represents the finest ensemble of Günz gravel in the Haut-Médoc. It is on this ancient layer on a Tertiary terrace of limestone or clayey marl that the best Médoc crus lie. All the conditions for successful wine are present : a large amount of gravel and pebbles, poor soil which cannot retain water and deep rooted vines. It is customary to say that Margaux wines are the "most feminine" in the Médoc, thus stressing their delicacy, suppleness and their fruity, elegant aromas. This does not affect their great propensity for aging; just the opposite, for the relatively thin terroir imparts tannins which give them long life. The other characteristic of these wines which combine an elegant vitality, subtlety and consistency, is their diversity and personality. Over and above the flavour which is their "common denominator", they present an exceptional palette of bouquets, fruity flavours which show up differently from one château to another. Production conditions (Decree dated August 10 1954) In order to have the right to the Margaux appellation of controlled origin, red wines must: - come from the commune of Margaux, Cantenac, Soussans, Arsac and Labarde, "excluding the land which by the nature of its soil or because of its situation, is unfit to produce wine of this appellation". - satisfy precise production conditions: grape-varieties (Cabernet-Sauvignon, Cabernet-Franc, Carmenère, Merlot Noir, Petit Verdot, Cot or Malbec), minimum of sugar (178 grammes - 6.27 oz. - per litre of must) degree (an acquired 10°5) base yield (45 hectolitres per hectare). |
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