2010 Château Lascombes
Community Tasting Note
MicklethePickle Does not like this wine:
Sunday, August 13, 2023 - Very tasty even at PnP. Excellent, viscous dark ruby with great bright appearance. Showing off lots of lead pencil already. Pretty fruit profile in the mouth. This is ripe and round, but obviously much time on its side as well for the future. I'll wait to rate this to give it some air.
In just a couple of short hours, this has turned very elegant and feminine. Classic Bordeaux nose with lead pencil, cassis, and restrained yet lovely red berry fruit. Extremely pretty. A hint of eucalyptus too. The palate is very distinctive, and to some it will be very appealing. But to me it seems too light, TOO distinctive. Almost a bubble gum quality to the flavors, and the finish, for me, is off-putting. For whatever reason, the palate on this is not to my liking, despite the fantastic appearance and stellar nose. 5-13-8-5: 81/100. I plan to re-visit this bottle tomorrow.
Nearly 20 hours later, this hasn't changed a whole lot. I still can't understand why nose and mouth give such different impressions, although I will say they are a bit more in tune today. But not enough to move the needle on my overall assessment.
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