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• The Wine Monkeys Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 11, 2023 - Instant barnyard and funk that took a bit to resolve. Dark cherry, graphite, ash, tar/leather nicely integrated tannins, with a medium finish. Very nice Margaux drinking nicely with life still to go.

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• Cremuel Likes this wine: 91 points

  March 10, 2023 - Bob's cellar. Dark inky red and black, no bricking at all. Uncorked and replaced this morning, decanted an hour ago. Nose is subdued, there's sweet brambles and menthol, black cherry and damson, very little acidity. Opening tasting is similarly flat, dry, a little salty, rigidity in it, flat fruit. Really closed at the moment, although has a fineness. A little more time in the glass and the aromas deepen, still black cherry, now liquorice and tar, rather good. Taste is salty, drier than the nose, still fine, structured wood tones, reticent fruit. Opens up over time with more fruit coming through, but the overall effect is it is tight and restrained, pure too. Enjoyed this a lot as the 'clinical' effect is very good - classy and pure refined Margaux. I wonder how much it can improve from here?

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• La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 92 points

  February 12, 2023 - Château Lascombes' 2000 is a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 45% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Purchased upon release and cellared under ideal conditions, this bottle was double-decanted, allowing three hours in carafe prior to funneling back into the cleansed bottle. The wine was then served to oenophiles at a walk-around Super Bowl party. My tasting occurred immediately prior to serving. Deep red/garnet in color, it flaunts a bouquet of black currants, morello cherries, coriander, leather, loamy earth and pipe tobacco. Medium-to-full-bodied, low-to-medium in acidity and with well-integrated alcohol (12.5%), it delivers a flavor profile that is congruent with the aromas. At this point the wood and tannins have nicely integrated. Layered and dense on the mid-palate, the wine moves on to a lengthy, smooth finish. Comparably cellared bottles of this attractive Margaux will last longer than previously projected. Drink now-2035.

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• Gregory Dal Piaz wrote: 91 points

  September 24, 2022 - Ex mag purchased on release as futures
  
  Perfect fill, perfect cork,
  
  Color remains youthful and appropriate ruby, blood red, with a faint hint of bronze tot he rim.
  
  Aromatics are youthful and well balanced, still showing wood and smoke accents that are joined by hints of leather, barnyard, soil bay leaf, black currant and minty/vegetal rose petal.
  
  Slender and focused on entry, most resolved tannins, fairly juicy acidity, modest intensity but admirable purity tot he sour cherry, black currant, and tart blackberry flavors, elegant and pure, needs a good hour of air as it turns slightly austere on the moderately long finish, which has a lovely river stone minerality on the finale. Classic Bordeaux, classic Margaux with the finish showing all red berries and white floral tones, but it does show a continued demonstration of the initial over rating of the vintage, quite good but unremarkable.
  
  After an hour the aromatic have moved more towards the barnyard end of the spectrum, quite smoky as well with more depth tot he black currant fruit.
  
  Delicate, elegant, bright juicy if a little modestly endowed, but the purity here is an absolute delight, Theres hidden depth to the black currant fruit, and lovely freshness through the increasingly long finish.

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• jkoenen wrote: 93 points

  May 25, 2022 - Full of finesse, feminine and charming.
  Great wine.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer Château Lascombes
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Médoc
• Appellation Margaux
• UPC Codes 000004143895, 071570014117, 087001001830, 3258691104874, 3410252110049, 400007326774, 4562255660935, 657398000114, 714153129104

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• Pending Delivery 62 (1%)
• In Cellars 4,094 (63%)
• Consumed 2,394 (37%)

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