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| Community Tasting Notes (average 90.7 pts. and median of 90 pts. in 57 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by olracx62 on 12/18/2023 flawed bottle: unfortunately flawed (624 views) | | | Tasted by Wine Canuck on 12/13/2023 & rated 90 points: A Wednesday at Dave's place: First bottle is suboptimal, second one corked. This third one seems decent so we dove in as it gained interest with air. This wine pours light garnet In the glass with medium bricking. The nose isn’t super expressive but gradually unfurls to show hints of gravel, plum tobacco, green plant stem, and violets. The palate shows the sternness of the vintage with medium plus tannin, and medium acid. The finish is certainly a tad clipped with some of the irony character that can mar older bordeaux. all in all this turned out to be drinking decently well. While its not winning any awards, there was pleasure to be had in this drinking experience. (1055 views) | | | Tasted by lozon on 3/9/2023 & rated 95 points: This is why we age wine. 2 cases bought at auction from an excellent cellar. Well stored with low neck fill (48 years old). For me this is in its prime. I question the storage in the lower ratings? Cork soaked and even with the Durand, the bottom part broke off. PnP-Deep red garnet with minimal bricking at the rim. Modest and decent nose but incredibly silky smooth on the palate with a long finish. Loads of dark red fruit in perfect balance with the acidity and elegant structure. Well-stored bottles are in a good place now and should stay here for who knows how many years? I never expected this! This is my second of 24 bottles and is slightly better than the first. Both were outstanding but this one was invigorated in my 55 degree cellar for 3 months. What a treat these old gems can be! With 22 bottles left they may well outlive me. Simply outstanding. Salud! (1365 views) | | | Tasted by MickeyF71 on 10/24/2022 & rated 89 points: Cork didn’t survive.
At least 10 years after its’ prime, but still enjoyable. (1780 views) | | | Tasted by RockinCabs on 4/14/2022 & rated 88 points: Slightly lacking in drama and perfume, but there is a beautiful plummy brine to the wine and silky berry notes. A bit beyond its prime years but we'll preserved bottles should drink quite well. (2657 views) | | | Tasted by MichielV on 1/1/2022 & rated 91 points: Richie brought this as first visitor to Pelham. Remarkable good looking wine - still pretty fresh color, great elegant Margaux nose. Decent length. Real fun to drink with beef tenderloin. Very special to be able to share this. (2327 views) | | | Tasted by JonnyG on 8/26/2021 & rated 91 points: I grabbed six of these at a recent auction, as they showed decent fills, but approached the first one with a lot of trepidation. The solid cork was easily extracted, but the aromatics seemed off. I left the bottle open, at cellar temp for a few hours, then tasted with caution. Talk about outperforming expectations, the wine had impressive purity and just enough fruit to balance the tertiary cedar and tobacco notes. The last sip was the best. (2658 views) | | | Tasted by sommsauvage on 12/6/2020 & rated 96 points: I'm always impressed by how well Chateau Lascombes can age, and the 1975 vintage was no exception. Presenting itself with a deep garnet appearance, the wine is showing a pronounced nose of violet, ripe strawberry and a slight green bell pepper undertone. At 45 years the palate is fully integrated, and has a gorgeous silky mouth feel. Absolutely outstanding! (2871 views) | | | Tasted by senesd on 10/22/2020 & rated 91 points: nice red color without any browning around d the edges. classic Bordeaux nose of cedar and cassis nice balance in the mouth with some acid still there to balance the fruit. drinking well right now (2492 views) | | | Tasted by bonnerecolte on 8/21/2019 & rated 88 points: Very tawny color and slightly cloudy appearance. Nose was quite pleasant, with savory notes. Decanted for about an hour. Opened up slightly, still had tannins and a bit of fruit. Gained a bit more character and interest with time. Overall I think this bottle has begun its decline. (3094 views) | | | Tasted by Verb on 7/29/2019 & rated 91 points: lovely old Bordeaux nose - some white flowers and mineral, but nothing particularly Margaux-like - very pretty in the mouth with great acid balance and a good amount of sweet old fruit - as with all t he 75s, tannins still very much present, but with time have softened to the point where they are enjoyable and not predominant - medium 20 sec finish - I wouldn't expect much better than this from a 1975 at 40+ years (2860 views) | | | Tasted by dnnk88 on 4/19/2019 & rated 87 points: Drank from magnum: Chinese herbs, earth, tinge of honey aroma. Tasted cassis, soil, earth, peppers. Rather long minty finish but flat end. This was more but it’s off it’s prime. Still enjoyable though. Better than the 1977 Brane Cantenac tonight. (2880 views) | | | Tasted by olracx62 on 4/6/2019 & rated 90 points: cork broken and down in the bottle...but the wine has not suffered. Very very slow to open, garnet color, appears mute for at least one hour. But then, gradually some clear notes of cherries, marasca and plums appear, and again tannins show up. Then some hints of underbrush and ink, pencil and coffee, showing this 43+ yo wine is still alive - although far beyond its prime time - and perfectly cellared during all this decades. PD agrees at V (2202 views) | | | Tasted by chcook on 1/21/2018: Cork wet to top. Dark color with some bricking edges. Thrown a fair amount of sediment so careful. This is fully mature and polished. Has significant weight and polish, fruit alive and well although this is mostly secondary and I think in perfect shape. (3463 views) | | | Tasted by Kirk Grant on 6/17/2017: Beautiful and fully mature, there's still a good amount of acidity here and enough tannin that it could still go another year or two...but why wait? A lovely mature Bordeaux that highlights the value of aging these wines and patience. (3771 views) | | | Tasted by tcarter on 5/11/2017 & rated 96 points: Fantastic. I think I lucked out with a killer bottle, well-preserved. The corked was fairly soaked through, but the Durand did the trick. Inside, the wine was still very much alive with very little sediment. Notes along the same lines as others before me: earth, mushroom, leather, dried fruit, just a hint of coffee and chocolate. Really great stuff for its 40+ years of age. (3716 views) | | | Tasted by Zweder on 8/29/2016: Weekly tasting group #227; A mixed set fully blind tasted. (@ DJ): This was tasted blind from a half bottle. Tertiary bouquet with mushrooms, iron, tobacco and coffee. On the same tertiary impressions. Old age acidity and some drying tannin. Still drinkable, but past its prime. No score. (5185 views) | | | Tasted by phill mz on 5/10/2016 flawed bottle: flawed - TCA (5007 views) | | | Tasted by Nicholas81 on 4/28/2016 & rated 90 points: Very light nose of dried fruits, sous bois, undergrowth and flowers. Still hanging in there. The palate was quite similar in flavour with a nice touch of flowers in the finish. The texture was velvety and light and tannins and acidity was very balanced. A very enjoyable and pleasurable old wine. Drink Up. (4190 views) | | | Tasted by Kirk Grant on 4/14/2016: Color: Bricked red with a clear meniscus
Smell: Earth, leather, dried fruits, with a hint of smoke and soil
Taste: Dehydrated red fruits, clove, tobacco, and old/seasoned oak.
Overall: This is just a lovely claret. The tannin was a bit prominent initially and took about 30-40 minutes in a decanter to open up. However, in time...this was a lovely example of what to look for in a 40+ year-old Bordeaux from Margaux. Outstanding! (3416 views) | | | Tasted by lifeattable on 11/26/2015: Popped and poured, very little sediment, drinking very well still. Weary sure, but a lovely mature nose, earthy, deep and profound. Faded fruit but it lingers, with traces of tannins too. But why even bother rating a 40 year old wine... Let's just say drinking it was a great experience. (3999 views) | | | Tasted by Jalvemo on 9/28/2015 & rated 93 points: Quality wine with great potential, but maybe this should have been drunken 5y ago. Still fruit, and very nice on the mature side. (At private 80s bordeaux tasting) (3175 views) | | | Tasted by btock on 9/17/2015 & rated 90 points: Good fill, good cork. The wine was mellow but present. Red currant and a bit of roasted mushroom, forest floor. Poured more garnet and still had perfume. Paired with the 1975 Giscours as the first flight with a lamb dish. A fully resolved wine (no surprise) but still pleasurable and engaging. Pop 'em open all you 1975 babies out there, this will be better now than in 2025. (2668 views) | | | Tasted by t.c.green on 8/23/2015 & rated 95 points: An elegant wine tasted at our 2015 Kevorkian dinner. Still with beautiful fruit, balance. (2856 views) | | | Tasted by jmoore431 on 4/21/2015 & rated 90 points: Orange tint with substantial clear rim; huge nose of cedar; tobacco and leather; good, sweet palate. nice balance. (3072 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
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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 Red Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanMédoc Vins du Médoc (Conseil des Vins du Médoc) - Read More about the Medoc
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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.Margaux Read more about Margaux and its 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).
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Soil: Gravel and silt plateau on a layer of limestone or silt on clay
Surface Area: 1,530 ha |
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