Ouvert et bu chez un ami. Robe grenat foncé. 2 ans depuis dernière bt. De mémoire, nez bordelais classique, cassis, havane, cèdre, chocolat noir. En bouche, toujours assez masculin, avec un bon équilibre et une belle acidité. Belle finale cette fois-ci, sans être très longue toutefois. Sur son plateau, à mon sens. Excellent.
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Apologies, did not take notes so going from memory. Decanted. Much improved from my last tasting several years ago. Garnet color, no bricking. Spicy, cedary nose. Red fruit on the palate, long finish, medium acidity. I did not taste tertiary flavors. Well-integrated soft tannins (M). My last 2 bottles tasted over the last 5 years or so offered astringent, drying tannins and the wines were not enjoyable. Very pleased with how it has evolved and this was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Not going down hill from my perspective. Not sure if it will continue to improve further but I guess I’ll learn that in a couple of years. Only one bottle left!
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Finally ready for prime time. The oak is quite prominent, but the robust red fruit and earthy texture play nicely in that sandbox. Upside from here I suspect.
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Instant barnyard and funk that took a bit to resolve. Dark cherry, graphite, ash, tar/leather nicely integrated tannins, with a medium finish. Lovely Margaux drinking beautfully with life still to go.
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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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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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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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Still deep reddish purple. So many secondary flavors, but not past its prime. Very strong cherry fruit. Impeccable balance. No resistance. It just melts in your mouth. Great with brined pork chops.
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Drinking well, shimmering cherry colour. Cherry, redcurrant nose. Some vanilla and tobacco favours present. Silky mouthfeel coupled with very smooth tannins to finish things off. Drink at peak but can be kept a while longer. Double decanted 30mins or so prior drinking.
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Pretty, medium-weight Bordeaux. Shows some cassis, a slight floral note, and lots of red berries. The fruit is ripe enough to have a bit of sweetness, but not to be dense or ponderous; in fact, it retains nice freshness. There’s certainly some oak apparent, but it’s not in your face and doesn’t seem to be out of the normal range for the era. Good texture, with tannins that have a little way to go before they’re resolved. A pleasant bottle of wine,though maybe not a memorable one
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Last bottle. Imnediately noticed the special buquet of mature Margaux. Great clarity and delicacy. The taste also had the classic Margaux profile of clarity and lightness. My wife concurred, What a treat!" Having read Bevetroppo's Christmas Day tasting note I focused on the character of the taste in terms of drinking window. The fruit was fully ripe, the flavors completely developed and at the same time showing not the slightest trace of the softening that comes in late maturity. This is the perfect drinking moment for me, the spot I hope to find. While I do not see upward movement grom this point I also know from experience that Bordeaux of this class will hold this state for years (graphed by Jancis Robinson in "Wintage Timecharts"). Putting the end of ideal drinking at 2030 as Bevetroppo does fits my experience exactly. A bit of context. I have a very special fondness for Margaux. One of the best wines I tasted lang ago that started my love of mature Bordeaux was a 66 d"Issan. While different from this Lascombes both are as lovely as Margaux can be. If I were to teach a class on mature Bordeaux this wine could be a case study of Margaux.
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Day later from memory. Pretty purple-red color that still had a touch of opacity at the center and little to no bricking. At first glance it looked to be in fine fettle for its age. Nose immediately open, full of attractive cassis fruit, cedar, tobacco and mint. Quite classic and as one of my family members noted, "perfumed." Soft and lovely on the palate, some graphite creeping in mid-mouth and a fine, tight grained finish with no astringency. It did not have a lot of stuffing, but what it did have was delivered with elegance and Margaux-like precision.
Once again I'm left to wonder how some 80 cellar tracker users could have concluded that it would be best enjoyed by 2019. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but that's what it says right below me as I'm typing this. I appear to be a hopeless outlier on the distribution curve, so make of that what you will. My guess is closer to 2030. In The Last Kingdom, the hero Uhtred's mantra is "Destiny is all." In wine I suspect the equivalent is "provenance/storage is all."
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5 1/2 ans depuis me dernière bouteille...le vin a pris de la maturité. La couleur est toujours aussi sombre mais les arômes sont présents dès l'ouverture, chocolat noir, fruits rouges et cassis, un soupçon de sous-bois. Au palais, il s'est détendu, a retrouvé un côté plus féminin que j'associe d'ordinaire aux margaux tout en conservant une certaine puissance. Le seul bémol est sur la finale que j'ai trouvée légèrement asséchante. Sur la base de cette bouteille, j'ai l'impression que le vin est proche de son plateau.
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Drank at Poulet Blue. Cork fragmented on opening and had to help the sommelier. Opened with a wonderful musty nose that dissipated fairly rapidly. =Muted smooth fruit pairs well with food. Finish doesn't last long. Probably past its prime.
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FWSG tasting. Drank in Grassl 1855. Tasted semi-blind. Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs. Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of blackberries, black cherries, dark leather, menthol, black licorice. Developing. On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol, grippy high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of blackcurrant, blackberries, black cherries, cassis, licorice, some glycerin, and dark leather with emerging meat. Long finish. Very good quality. Probably good provenance bottle. Not a great deal of acidity, but lots of life left in this.
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Ready to drink with a few years of maturing left. Currant after some initial funk that lingers as mushroom and forest. Hint of graphite but mostly lasting medium full on the mouth of red fruit and flowers
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A classic Margaux from a great vintage which, while still very tasty, is unlikely to improve. Medium garnet color with a touch of brick at the rim. Nose of moss and forest floor. Sour cherry, raspberry, cassis, tobacco, and leather on the palate. This opened at about the one hour mark and was pretty nicely balanced through about hour 3 when it began to close a bit. Full bodied with a medium finish. Still ranked second in a Lascombes horizontal of 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2009.
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Nose of black berry, saddle leather, allspice, and lots of cigar box, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, elegant, fabulous Bordeaux, mouth filling fruit, rich fruit, sip and savor, no food needed, worth looking for, a 20 year old oldie but goody, long, flavorful finish. Photo of etched "Lascombes" on bottle uploaded.
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Several years ago I rated this same wine as over the hill -- it had little fruit flavor, no real finish, and I thought it was on its way out. But then I tried again just now, and found a totally different wine -- nice complex fruit up front -- apricot and red cherry -- followed by spices, such as allspice and clove, and a nice long finish. So what'g going on? All of my bottles came from the same case, were stored in the same way. But for some reason, there was a lot of variation. So if you still have some, give it a try. Maybe it just needed a full twenty years to come into its prime.
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Decanted 90+ minutes got to this and was surprised how youthful it was. No way I would have guessed this is 20 years old and not lacking fruit as others have described as of late. Cassis, blackberry, coffee and clove all pretty modern in profile and lacking the traditional tertiary components I was hoping for. Medium+ weight, tannins very smooth at this time.
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During a tasting. All bottles of this wine showed the perils of the Parker years. Late picking, extraction, lots of oak. The wine is tired, cooked fruit, oxidative streak, little aromas. Game over.
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Nose of black berry, cigar box, saddle leather, and barnyard, on the palate, big body, mouth filling fruit, very tasty, secondary flavors, elegant, lovely to sip and savor, easily the best Lascombes ever tasted, long finish, lovely aftertaste. Photo uploaded.
I poured into a half bottle and decanted the remaining half. Nice and balanced, with a dry edge, still vigorous and stood up to food, but a lack of fruit made it a bit rough for me. The second night it started a bit smoother. but still a bit coarse. This was my last bottle and I'm not sure if waiting any longer would have improved it - I imagine the rough edge would mellow and the wine is focused enough to age well, but the lack of fruit may be a problem. Still, I enjoyed the wine.
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Similar to my previous notes (copied below). The wine continues to drink well and I personally don't find any lack of fruit, contrary to other notes. Perhaps I was lucky with the two cases purchased. My last two bottles. I don't feel there is any need to drink up, but equally this isn't going to get any better.
The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (cassis, blackberry, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), slight green note (blackcurrant leaf, mint), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game, truffle). The wine is fully developed. The palate is dry with medium acidity, medium ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar, truffle. The finish is long.
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Decanted for an hour. Brick color with herbal and pencil aromas. Dark fruit flavors with a touch of anise. Long in the finish. Fading tannins. Ready to drink.
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Medium + ruby with the slightest bricking on edge. Big earthy nose of barnyard (which eventually blew off), tar, whiffs of toasty oak and an herbaceous (pickling spices) red fruit core. Velvet mouthfeel with integrated tannins.
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Fourth bottle opened of six purchased over a decade ago, and each has been identically crappy: no fruit, parched tannins, astringent finish. Every darned one. Though a few people have had good bottles, others here have filed similar reports so it's now safe to presume mine all came from a bad lot and the 'to do' at this point is feed the rest to the rhododendrons.
On the nose secondary aromas of olive tapenade & cedar shavings. On the palate spicy white pepper. The wine was quite tannic & astringent - too much for me. No fruit to speak of. Acid was M+ but everything was overwhelmed by the tannins for me. Plenty of life left in this wine - did not seem to be in decline at all.
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UWS a random set of wines (@ JB): Beautiful bouquet with barnyard and oak. On the palate beautiful and lush dark berries, oak, smoke and tobacco and beautifully round tannin. Completely ready now, but no extreme hurry.
8FEB20 update- this is the best bottle Ive had. Upped my score to 93. Pity it was my last bottle.
31JAN20 Update - reaffirming the 92 score. In great shape, still has life left but prob no further improvement with more time.
Smooth and fresh, was open after 1 hr decant. No long tannins but wine came together nicely. No bricking, but it seems this wine may only have a couple years left in the bottle before declining.
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Nose of cedar, cigar box, and barnyard, more of the same on the palate, medium/big body, tasty, mouth filling, easy to sip and savor with Roast Beef, barnyard dominant, time to enjoy is now-at peak, and a long, barnyard finish.
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FC1910 Visits Madrid; 4/24/2019-4/28/2019 (Madrid): In a blind tasting it would have remembered a cabernet franc from Loire with notes of manure from stabled horses. After shaking the glass there were notes of melted milky chocolate. Powerful, dry and very serious on the palate. It does not have a good length and it looks a bit rough. No place for silkiness, feminine touch either. Alright it is a great vintage but the change of style of this Chateau took place the following year, in 2001. In my illiterate opinion, it needed to be decanted, urgently.
En una cata a ciegas hubiese recordado a una cabernet franc del Loira con notas de estiércol de caballos estabulados. Tras agitar la copa contundentemente había notas a chocolate con leche derretido. Pujante, seco y muy serio al paladar. No tiene una buena longitud y se presenta un poco tosco. No esperes ni sedosidad ni un toque femenino. Es una gran añada pero el cambio de estilo del Chateau se produjo al año siguiente, en 2001. En mi iletrada opinión, necesitaba ser decantado y con urgencia.
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Decanted and allowed to warm up from cellar temp. Little to no fruit on the nose or on the palate. The wine was very structured but austere. Astringent tannins, medium acidity, medium weight. A bit of an enigma to me - plenty of life left, but I wonder if it’s going to soften at all. Had it with a grilled rib eye steak which I thought would be a decent pairing, but the astringency and lack of fruit was disappointing.
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PhD Week in Virginia; 3/16/2019-3/22/2019 (Virginia): Very dark red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. Brought this with us to Williamsburg for my son and had it at Fat Canary. This was wonderful in a brilliantly understated way. This bottle was feminine and perfectly ready for prime time. The nose has a wet earthiness, and a building perfume of violets, cassis and leather with well framed wood tones. The palate echoes the nose with a medium bodied build, cassis, cedar, soil infused damp wood and graphite. The tannins are most agreeable now and this has a nice lingering finish. Very enjoyable now and with another 10 years of life.
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Had with Leonardo and white truffle dinner. After drinking a half a case of this over about 10 years, I can attest to a great deal of bottle variation, but this one was magnificent. Did not take detailed notes but it was balanced, lush, and profound. Definitely not over the hill.
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Purchased full case on futures and stored in temperate controller cellar ever since. This is the third bottle consumed. Very nice bouquet. Great flavor of berries. Great balance. Lots of life left.
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Dried out, no excitement, tired flavors. Second bottle that's been like this, and not sure why. Purchased and in temp control storage by me since 2003.
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Decanted for an hour. The best asset of this wine is the aromas -- generous, black pepper, herbs and dark berry. But the flavors fade prety fast -- not sure I would decant it next time. Black berry, cherry flavors with a dash of black pepper. Tannins nearly gone, so window is closing.
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Direct, up front Bordeaux. Some earthiness and funk wrapped in prominent acid and moderate fruit. Bit of an acid edge, but nicely refined. A clear wine; nothing in excess. Pretty bouquet. Decanted one hour; about right. The acidity, to me, says this wine is not done.
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Considering the excellent year I was not overwhelmed by this Margaux, which struggles with residual acidity. All in all a balanced, medium bodied wine, elegantly blending sweet matured berry notes with wood, chocolate and toasted notes. But again, I was expecting a smoother drinking experience. Not sure whether it will improve much.
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2000 CHATEAU LASCOMBES MARGAUX- fortunately, in this case after having a flawed version, a friend brought a 750 of the same wine and it was really good as expected, in fact, Parker and others considered this to be a break though wine for the Chateau followed up by many other fine vintages; this bottle was hallmarked by its beautiful balance, great mouthfeel and wonderful taste profile; I got a bit of toasty, earthy and liquorice accented black currant, black cherry and blackberry fruit; for most vintages, the composition of the Grand vin is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot.
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Decanted and served. Restrained nose with some barnyard and tobacco developing. On the palate, dominated by acid. Hints of leafy underbrush appeared at times but not enough to balance. Not much fruit.
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Monthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2004 and Older (Meritage, St. Paul): Small taste. Unknown treatment. Apparently I like this a lot more than everyone else. That's ok, it keeps the price down. I thought it was really good, balanced and with good, approachable structure; youthful - maybe so, but certainly at a point where it will deliver. Tobacco, gravelly palate and deep cassis with floral overtones. 91+ to 92pts.
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Medium ruby. Black currant, flowers, leather, herbaceous. Silky mouthfeel, layered, complex, well integrated flavors with a long finish. Wow, so classy.
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2000 CHATEAU LASCOMBES MARGAUX- 2- 375 ml.; many years ago, I joined my buddy, the late Frank Crandall of the local Renegade Wines in trying to select good, but reasonable Bordeaux futures; after comparing barrel samples, we concluded this may have a good chance to perform and I opted for a case of 375 mls, 24 bottles; I`ve not opened any to date and thought this might be the perfect time to do so; both bottles were inundated with 4-ethylphenol, the barnyard expression of Brettanomyces; anyone want 22 375s ?
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Final bottle from a half case purchased in 2004. Perfect cork, level into neck. It is a large-scaled and powerful wine, youthful and fresh at 18 years of age, still tannic but with lots of cassis fruit and spice, firm core of gravelly minerality, muscular, lead pencil, good resonance and length. It could only be a left bank claret, but you would be forgiven for guessing Saint-Estèphe. It should last until 2030 with ease, but if you are hoping for finesse to emerge, you will be disappointed.
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Full bodied, muted earthy nose. Was tight on PnP and after a few hours in the decanter it opened up somewhat but never developed into anything noteworthy. No fruit presence, short tannic finish. Was not unpleasant, just nothing notable. Seemed past peak, or never really had anything. Similar to the first bottle we had last year.
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During a Commanderie tasting. Medium garnet, color, brick rim. With a brooding Rauzan Segla 2000 next to it, this came across as even more tame, modern, chocolaty and polished than it was meant to be. Decent wine, not very complex though for a 2emem Cru. I also wished for more energy and lift.
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On the downward slope-Drink ‘em if you got ‘em. Caveat-Stored the first few years in a non-climate-controlled cellar, so maybe my bottles aged faster than they would with optimal storage.
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War vielleicht nicht die beste Flasche...schon eher tertiär, in der ersten Anmutung etwas Margaux-Parfum in der Nase aber dann überwiegend Waldboden, Pilze, noch etwas Cassis. Baut mit etwas Luft am Gaumen noch aus, zeigt etwas Süße, aber überwiegend Säure und hinten raus ein wenig stumpfes Tannin. Zum Essen noch gerade so ok, aber wenig Substanz. Aus besseren Flaschen vielleicht noch ein paar Punkte mehr, aber besser zügig austrinken als noch länger warten.
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Wine Tasting with HfL Executive (Fanhams Hall Hotel): The wine is clear and deep garnet in colour. The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (cassis, blackberry, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), slight green note (blackcurrant leaf, mint), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game, truffle). The wine is fully developed. The palate is dry with medium acidity, medium ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar, truffle. The finish is long. The wine is outstanding quality and continues to drink beautifully although it will no improve further as it is already fully developed.
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Coravin 3/28/17: Deep ruby with no to minimal bricking; nose is aromatic, smoky, deep black fruits, hints of herbal and forest floor underneath; palate is full bodied, tart red fruits, smooth approachable texture throughout, medium well integrated tannins show their presence through the midpalate, medium 13-13.5% alcohol?, medium-plus acidity; finish is medium and clean. Impeccably balanced overall, inbetween a classical and slightly modern styled bordeaux, nose with subtle complexity and depth, palate is a bit simpler but so well balanced that it is easy to drink. A solid bordeaux at early maturity and an excellent value on release. 91+, room for some minor improvement, but also drinking so well now that it doesn't need another 10 years. 2 hours later: It hasn't changed much, but it was just so well balanced that it was easy to drink. Exactly what bordeaux should be, so I'm adding a point. Lovely wine. 91-92
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Tannin is gone but still plenty of fruit. Nose of graphite and cassis, with earthy hints as well. On the palate, there's spice, dark cherry, blackberry, a bit of tobacco. Crisp acididity, a medium length finish, but lacking enough power and complexity to be outstanding. Still fun to drink
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Bought on release. Lovely if not slightly modern Margaux. Quite ripe black cherry, tobacco, spice box, and tar. Really opened up over a couple hours in the decanter. Perfect with prime rib roast. Suspect this has 5+ great years ahead.
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Nice currant odor wafting during decanting and aeration. Unfortunately, the fruit was short lived and a elegantly balanced mixture of muted fruit, cedar, and earthy spice dominated my evening's slow consumption, rounded off with a good tannic kick. It's hard not to show reverence for this wine's pedigree and age, but despite my focused attention, the wine's narrow band of operation did not impress me as much as I'd hoped. And an occasional slight chalky acidity puzzled me. Is the subdued fruit a sign of old age? Or the tannic kick and acid a sign of vigor? I'm hoping for the latter and give my remaining bottles a 2 or 3 year respite.
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The wine is clear and medium garnet in colour. The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game, truffle). The wine is fully developed. The palate is dry with medium (+) acidity, medium (+) ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar, truffle. The finish is medium (+) length, slightly drying. The wine is outstanding quality. There is good fruit concentration and complexity from secondary and tertiary clusters. The acidity and tannins are balanced by the fruit. Finish slightly short, but not enough to detract. The wine is elegant and the tannins fully resolved. The wine should be drunk now and is not suitable for further ageing. It has no primary fruit left and is perhaps losing its freshness so I would recommend drinking in the next 2 years.
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The wine looks crimson colored. It smells like forest floor, mushroom, red currant and prune. It tastes like blackberry, cherry, oak, burnt toast and molasses. The body is medium/full. The wine has leathery texture, finishes long and has high acidity.
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Very dark red color. PNP, drank 2+ glasses over 4 hours. Excellent nose, earthy with fresh shaved pencil, mineral, cassis, dried spices, dried forest floor, and a wispy floral perfume emerges after 30 minutes. The palate has cassis, black cherry, nice wood notes, medium plus to full bodied, good structure and balance, forest floor, lifted, gravelly mineral, dried spices and pencil. Even better on day 2.
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Contrary to my earlier tasting experience with this wine, tonight this was surprisingly un-Bordeaux like ... while this was lacking the floral and earthy notes I associate with Margaux, it showed much brighter and more forward and vibrant fruit, more like a Napa Cab, than a left bank claret.
Dark deep ruby colored, medium-bodied, bright forward blackberry, black currant, and black cherry fruits with a layer of tangy spice and tones of soft oak on the moderate tannin finish.
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Opened 2 bottles of this two hours before serving for my "2000 Bordeaux wine tasting". The second favorite of the tasting (behind Lagrange). Both bottles consistent. Dark in color, flowery nose. Blueberries, black currents, vanilla, leather, a bit of cloves. Tannins seemed to resolve after an additional few minutes in the glass. May still be a year or two from it's peak.
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Deep indigo in color with no evidence of being 16 years old. Interestingly, this was more fruit dominant and powerful than I would have expected. I have this before on several occasions and this bottle did not have the floral, perfumed profile typical of a Margaux. More closely approximated a Napa Cab with deep blueberry, blackberry and coffee notes. Really in a great place right now.
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Fifth bottle from a half case purchased in 2004; pristine condition, perfect cork, level into neck. Rich and ripe nose with black fruit, smoky oak, a hint of earth, mineral freshness and lifted notes of flowers, pepper and paprika; there is sweet ripe fruit on the front and mid palate, but the back palate and the finish feel rather structured and extracted; the tannins are slightly jarring at first, but they do soften after a few hours in the decanter, even if they continue to stick out just a bit; the finish displays some nice ripe, and remarkably primary fruit and length is good to very good. Relatively elegant weight (12.5% - nowadays a wine like this would easily clock up 14% ABV), a solid wine, sturdy even, not terribly charming or typical for Margaux, but in no danger of drying out either. It does lose definition quite quickly. Drink now - 2020.
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The wine is clear and deep garnet in colour. The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game). The wine is fully developed. The palate is dry with medium (+) acidity, medium (+) ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar. The finish is long. The wine is outstanding quality. There is good fruit concentration and complexity from secondary and tertiary clusters. The acidity and tannins are balanced by the fruit. The finish is long. The wine is elegant and the tannins fully resolved. The wine should be drunk now and is not suitable for further ageing. It has no primary fruit left and is perhaps losing its freshness so I would recommend drinking in the next 3 years.
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Medium bodied, needs decanting and at least an hour to shed tannins and soften to a spice and cedar pleasant drinking wine. Does not reveal the 2000 pedigree, but acquits itself as a respectable herb and black currant leaning Margaux.
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Superbe couleur pourpre foncé, sans traces d'évolution. Non carafé, a pris une bonne 1/2 heure pour s'ouvrir dans le verre. Très beau vin au début de sa phase d'évolution, bien construit, plutôt viril pour un margaux, avec une belle trame acide et de la fraîcheur.
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Similar note to previous one. The wine is clear and dark garnet in colour. The nose is clean with medium (+) intensity aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune), oak (vanilla, clove) tertiary (savoury, leather, cedar, tobacco). The wine is fully developed. The palate is dry, with medium acidity, medium fine grained tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, medium (+) flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, vanilla, savoury, leather. The finish is long. The wine is outstanding. The wine has complex flavours from tertiary development. The finish is long. The acid, alcohol and tannins are balanced by the fruit. This is classic mature Bordeaux. The wine is not suitable for further ageing but there is no hurry to drink (next 3 years). It is at its drinking plateau that should last for several years, although I don't think this is for the very long haul.
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From 75cl, perfect cork. Opened but not decanted 4 hours before serving, which felt about right; continued to open up in the glass over 2 hours. Dark colour, dark red-black fruit, and all the delicious cedar/tobacco notes you could wish for: Plump, inky-ripe Médoc just approaching maturity. The surprise was the gorgeous retronasal kick of incense (just like an Anglican church service) dominating the finish, which silenced the dinner table at first swallow. Terrific wine now, no hurry. 92P
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Purchased upon release and cellared in pristine fashion, this bottle was double-decanted, allowing more than five hours in decanter prior to funneling back into the cleaned bottle. The wine was then served at a birthday dinner, where it was serially tasted over three hours. Deep red/garnet in color, it offers aromas of black cherry, coriander, leather, earth and pipe tobacco. Medium-to-full-bodied, seamlessly alcoholic (12.5%) and with low-to-medium acidity, it delivers a flavor payload which mirrors the nose. The tannins have significantly softened since I last sampled this wine in 2010. Layered and dense in the middle, it closes long and smooth. At this point there are no rough edges. While it may not last as long as originally projected, it should show well for another decade (or more). Drink now-2025.
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Day one: red fruit, spice and leather nose, but no midpalate fruit, just parched tannins. Re-corked and left for the next day. Day two: black fruit, whiff of oxidation, relaxed tannins, drinkable but not, as the last reviewer noted, what you expect of a quality Bordeaux, especially in a year like 2000. Conclusion: OTH. First opened of six bottles owned, and not what one hopes for. Drink up.
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I can't really decide if this is closed up and still needs more time, or is over the hill. It has very little fruit, but some interesting spice. leather, earthy notes, and an intriguing white pepper finish. Still, this is far from what I would have expected in a quality Bordeaux.
The wine is clear and dark garnet in colour. The nose is clean with medium (+) aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune), oak (vanilla, clove) tertiary (savoury, leather, cedar, tobacco). The wine is fully developed. The palate is dry, with medium acidity, medium fine grained tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, medium (+) flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, vanilla, savoury, leather. The finish is long. The wine is outstanding. The wine has complex flavours from tertiary development. The finish is long. The acid, alcohol and tannins are balanced by the fruit. This is classic mature Bordeaux. The wine is not suitable for further ageing but there is no hurry to drink. It is at its drinking plateau that should last for several years.
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Parent's Anniversary Dinner (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Very dark purple/red color, no bricking. Decanted for 2 hours; drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. Fantastic, came together beautifully and knocked the socks off my mom and dad. The nose is open and pretty with earth and a little bit of funk, cassis, floral, cedarbox, sandalwood and hints of fine leather. The palate is well balanced, full bodied with great depth, very fresh and energetic, wonderful fruit showing with cassis, dark berries, leather, earth, cedar, and gravelly tannins on a long impressive finish.
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Hard earth, tar and unripe cherry nose. Palate is a bit lean. More stringent earth, stone and green leaf and a touch of sulphur. Will benefit from time but questioning how this will round out. Definitely requires food with fat.
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Much better than previous bottles. Had what I can only describe as "profundity"-An intellectually stimulating wine. Fruit wasn't screaming but neither was it MIA. As others have noted, "earthy" notes were prominent on nose & palate, including the "cedar" that Parker refers to in his review of this wine. I suspect bottle variation with this wine. 3 more in the cellar-Fingers crossed!
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Similar to my last tasting note a month ago. More earth driven than fruit driven. Hard earth, vegetation, lead pencil and a touch of berry and cassis. Well made still has plenty of time to she.
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Running around 50/50 on these either being corked or just plain not real impressive. Drinkable but lacking any real characteristics which excite or drive one to add descripters.
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91+. Medium bodied. Kind of medium everything. Perhaps carried by the great vintage, this was good and enjoyable, but certainly not remarkable or memorable.
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Short note. Crimson colors. Tight nose with dusty berry and coco. Palate was more refined with long purple berry, lean earth and cedar and a touch of vanilla and oak. Well made and a bit quick in my serving. Time Will enhance.
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Decanted for an hour. Velvet texture with only a trace of tannin. Ripe, dark cherry flavors and a touch of plum. Long in the finish with hints of dried herbs and pepper. Drinking very well now.
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Very pleasant wine, drinking nicely with some remaining tannin and good fruit. Has a lot of substance and grip and talks to you as it goes through your mouth. Lots of graphite, red fruit, and a touch of mint/menthol. Great food wine.
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Served blind this was immediately identifiable as Cabernet-based Bordeaux. It still showed relatively young, with plentiful, well-mannered dark fruit, and substantial tannin. That being said it was quite drinkable, and would have been just fine with a meal. It showed well with some of the meats/cheeses. The overall balance was very good, boding well for further aging. I ended up guessing 2000 Bordeaux (I was severely humbled on some later guesses), and very pleased to see the reveal of Lascombes from back when it was still wine instead of a wine-like substance.
If this is a good data point on 2000 Bordeaux then I am pleased with their evolution. More time is warranted, but they can be enjoyed now.
The wine has medium acidity. It smells like blackberry, barnyard and plum. The body is full. The wine finishes medium. It tastes like black currant (cassis), barnyard and forest floor. The wine looks brick colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. The wine has smooth texture.
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Second Sunday Group: Margaux (M's): Aromas of taboacco, dark fruit- currants and cassis, as well as red berries. The palate follows the bouquet with a nice herbal undertone adding depth. This is balanced and has terrific weight across the palate, lingering on the finish. Younger, with some tannin to shed, but damn it is very tasty now too. Adds floral and roasted bell pepper notes as it opens further. 93+ pts.
My #1, Domino's #2 Group #5, 51 pts
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Black Lion Wine Club - 2000, 2005, 2008 Margaux Tasting (The Black Lion): Appearance: Clear, medium intensity, garnet with a tawny rim Nose: Clean, medium(+) intensity, dark fruits, cedar, spice, fully developed Palate: Dry, medium acidity, soft, ripe, medium tannins, medium body, medium(+) intensity, dark fruits, cedar, leather, tobacco, vanilla, long finish Conclusions: Very Good/Outstanding, beautifully integrated, fine, mature claret; drink now - not suitable for further ageing (although there's no hurry to drink)
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complete integration of the three varietals (58% cab sauv, 35% merlot, 7% petit verdot). no tannins detected. black currant fruit, some spice and cedar. Very smooth, supple on the finish. This is an elegant wine.
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Drank with friends Rick and Linda at a lovely holiday dinner. This is consistent epwith the bottle I drank almost exactly a year ago. Dark garnet color. Earthy, mossy aroma without much of the floral overtonesI would expect with a Margaux. Boysenberry, plum, cedar and minerals on the palate. Medium finish and nicely balanced.
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Down again. Last one of these we had just recently was wonderful and this one, stored one slot away, never opened up and we just drank our way through it out to dinner, more or less because it was there. Far more variation here bottle to bottle than there ever should be. Can't guess longevity at all
After an hour of decanting, this wine was in a perfect spot: still defined, not overripe fruit. Dark berries, some black currants, dusty tannins, rich and complex for its status. Excellent balance and still fresh.
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Great nose of vanilla, sandalwood, and high-toned red fruit. Palate was even better with a gorgeous texture and a medium finish. Not sure this will be better with age, but drinking well now.
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Terroir-istes International - France, Bordeaux, Margaux (Rodwell House): Black-red the nose is more tertiary with damp leaves, ripe black cherry, meat extract and redcurrant. A delicate, pure wine that sits quite upright yet is richly textured and is polished and approachable. Decent fruit, modern again in style as per previous wine, forward-almost. However, the wine lacks interest and complexity, and the tannins feel a little dry and build as the wine opens., Some felt there may be some brett - possibly?
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Opened to celebrate our wedding anniversary!. Deep black red to garnet with a nose showing heady cedarwood, classic oak spices and black cherries with tempting secondary notes of melted chocolate, coffee bean. Some tertiary, savoury headiness creeping in too. As the wine opened it was more red fruit than black: raspberry, red cherry. Quite a sensual wine and very Margaux. The palate opens with a cedarwood, a classic lemon edged acidity, yet modern interpretation with a sensuous (almost plump) chocolate-y texture, integrated alcohol (12.5%) and errs to black fruits, predominantly blackcurrant and lesser so, blueberries. The mid-palate oscillates between powdery and chalky and has a firmness to it almost like chewing blackcurrant skins. However, the finish starts to build sinewy, slightly coarser tannins as mint enters, dry leaves, tobacco, earth and moss. That slightly dry bitter note on the aftertaste detracts from it being a top wine.
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Dark ruby. Medium legs. Textbook Margaux nose, feminine, deep, rich, and full of lovely red fruit. Cedary fruit in the mouth, round, plump and delicious. Still sports some tannins, and has good acidity and balance of components. Lingering finish. Good now, even better in years to come. A lovely drink. 4-13-15-8: 90/100.
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2000 Bordeaux Left Bank, With Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Dark in colour. Quite open on the nose. Classic in style, very cab Sauv, pepper, dark fruits. On the young side but in a way ok to drink now as the tannin is not a brick wall and the fruit is very much there. A good wine although has its fair share share of bitter edges. The nose is the highlight. Time could help here for sure. Ok to drink now and easily has 10 years in it. 89
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Only slight discolouration towards the rim. Lovely nose, perfumed, flowers, cedar, tobacco. Forward, great accessible fruit, good acidity on the palate. Spicy, good length, tannins are present, but friendly and open. Still rather youthful but accessible. 90-91+. Drink now until 2020+
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Deep dark garnet color. Nose revealed some tobacco box and a bit of moss. Lovely mix of bright fruits, leather and cedar on the palate. Plenty of smooth tannins. Lots of life left but drinking nicely now. Certainly the most ready and balanced of a '00, '01, '02, '03 Lascombes vertical that was a Christmas gift from the children a few years ago. Needs at least 90 minutes to open.
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Mostly French on Christmas Eve (Dave's, Mpls): Very dark red color. 1-2mm clear meniscus. Decanted for 1.5hrs. Drank 2 glasses over 2hrs. Another stunningly good Margaux nose. The nose has a gorgeous array of earth, cedar, spearmint, fresh cut spices, dry earth, violets (which later becomes quite profuse), and subtle truffle notes. There is a mix of black and blue fruit that emerges over the first 30 minutes as this literally exploded, predominantly cassis and blueberry. The palate starts out nicely but my first thought was it was maybe a little thin, but that proved to be wrong as it took on considerable weight as it emerged, becoming elegant and medium-full bodied, with cassis, dark berries, French oak, earth, dusty minerals and dusty tannins on the long finish. I could not have been more pleased with how this showed, and it really got the family pumped. 93+pts.
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Early in its maturity with promise for probably well more than a decade ahead and another wonderful example of the vintage and a wonderful value and a reminder to go deep in such years in Bordeaux when so many producers make beautiful wines. It will be hard to keep my hands off - to delay gratification or to enjoy now? My New Years resolution will be to read my own notes and maybe to put hanger tags on our wines warning me to keep my fingers off them until ....
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As before. Deep color. Toasty, blackcurrant and plums on the nose. Smooth, integrated oak, smokey, blackcurrant and black cherries. Good tannins still. A little spicy and flowery. Drinking well now but will last for at least five more years.
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Lovely nose of cedar, tobacco, and leather along with stoned fruit, more of the same on the palate, very tasty and mouth filling, medium body, medium/long finish. Time to drink up.
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Tasting older than its true age, this medium bodied, black cherry tobacco scented, earthy, soft wine is in its prime time, drinking window. The oak is not obtrusive. This is not a wine for long term again. No hurry to drink it, but I'd finish any bottles over the next 7-10 years.
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The 2000 Château Lascombes is medium(-) garnet in colour with a nose of iron, juicy dark cherries, sweet incense, fruit syrup and very slight underlying cedar woodiness. The initial entry is welcomed by sweetness of dark purple cherries, syrup, slight sour cherries and purple currants before progressing to sweet incense as the cedar and violet notes begin to be more profound.
Tannins are rather resolved with medium(-) acidity on an acceptable medium finish. Quite medium(-) body on the palate that might leave a "diluted" impression. Nonetheless, rather refined, gentle with a "Margaux elegance". The 2000 Château Lascombes is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot.
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G6 (Kevin): A backup wine to the corked 2000 Palmer. Dark ruby color. Deep black fruit nose. Tastes of blackberry, black cherry, and charred oak. Full bodied. Fruit forward complex finish with good freshness and acidity. No slouch but unfortunately this wine pales in comparison to the 1996 Margaux.
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Drank with Rob - wine cellar almost done! Great waterfall and dispenser. Deeper hues than many old world wines. Not too much barnyard - would have liked more. But, very nice muted fruit that accompanies food well - or could drink alone. Very good finish.
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Beginning to drink beautifully now although just beginning. Opened along with a 2008 Relic Scarpa -this strategy plus finishing a 2000 beaucastel from the night before gave the Lascombes enough time-this is a real value-it was up to the challenge of going with seared tuna, barbecued chicken, cheeses ...
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The color is dense garnet with hints of violet. The smells are leather, espresso, red berries, and earthy spices. The aromatics are potent! The tastes are dark cherry, blackberry, currant, espresso, earth, flowers, graphite, and anise. The tannins are fine and like sprinkled powder. The finish is long and tangy and this has nice complexity.
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Garnet. Nose was sweet and perfumy/floral-along with the typical black fruits. Taste was quite impressive and longlasting. This is clearly the best Lascombes I've ever had.
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As before but has evolved a bit further. Dense cassis and plum fruit with noticeable oak (but not distracting, well integrated). Will drink well for several more years.
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Dark purple color, slight tawny on the rim; nose of rich cassis and dark cherry, with nuances of tobacco, cedar, spices and truffle. Silky tannins and fantastic balance and complexity, long finish. This is what we age Bordeaux for.
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Bright ruby red with a little fade at the rim; good rich nose with ripe fruits more on the red spectrum, very well defined. Some complex herbal nuances also; good weight and concentration on the palate, smooth and silky but developing at a snails pace. A little heat on the finish but good potential here.
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Perfect cork, perfect level. Double decanted for two hours. Impressive nose, quite deep and brooding, blackcurrants, gravel and cedar, more like a rich, classic Pauillac than a delicate Margaux, floral topnote, hint of volatility; on the palate masculine, a bit foursquare even, with grainy tannins, dry but with good stuffing, dense and flavoursome, energetic, dark flavours; very good length. Not sure whether this will achieve greater harmony with further aging or whether it will just soften and eventually fade. No hurry obviously, but is there a real upside? Now-2020.
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Initial nose of leather, tea and dried cherry. Once decanted and allowed to open up over 1+ hours, more dark fruit came forward along with violet notes. Medium body with dried cherry, dried plum, cassis and vanilla on the palate. Medium alcohol and medium plus finish. Well integrated and quite enjoyable.
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Had this immediately after tasting the Longueville Pauillac which was a little unfair. This was a beautiful wine. Earthy nose very mild hints of chocolate. Overripe plum taste was mild with a sturdy finish but not overly so. I enjoyed it but this was overwhelmed by the bottle next to it.
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This really needs time to open up. Unfortunately I didn't have a decanter and it really needed it. Even leaving in the glass for a while didn't help that much. I'm going to forget about my remaining bottles for several years and see what happens. Don't feel comfortable rating it based on this tasting.
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Must decant for at least two hours to fully enjoy this wine. However, once decanted, this Margaux has a wonderful blend of dark fruit, spice, cedar that is wonderfully integrated on the palate. The finish is silky smooth (after two hours) and drinks more like a first and second Bordeaux. The nose has a complex blend of mixed vegetables, cherry and cassis. Wonderfully complex and delcicious.
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Decanted for several hours. Muted blueberry, black cherry and vanilla on the nose. Red fruit, fig on the palate. Medium bodied and still a little tight.
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Medium-bodied, deep ruby/purple-colored, upon opening a huge bouquet of floral and perfume permeate the air - flavors of violet, blackberry, black currant, and black cherry fruits with a layer of vanilla and smooth polished tannins on a a long, berry, vanilla soft oak finish.
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I should have decanted sooner than I managed but it was expressive from the first moment popped and never relented. Medium body, spice & cedar nose, impressive finish. Should improve for some years. Full disclosure: I am a partner with the former owner of Lascombes but not ITB.
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Coming along very nicely. Enjoyed with a nice Veal Milanese. The wine has developed considerably and after about an hour of air, it put on some nice weight. This will improve over the next 10 years, but thoroughly enjoyable at the moment. Nice nose, good balanced mid-palate, decent, but not too long of a finish. I think it is a good value for the price. Highly recommended.
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Dark color, took time to open. Minerally, flowery bouquet is quite nice. Lovely on the palate, smooth, rich,oak, dry, good grip with plenty of life ahead. Drinking well now though, too.Falls short of femininity and charming, too austere for that, but still tastes how Margaux should taste. 4-13-15-8: 90/100.
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Slightly different experience than our 11/12/2011 experience. Appearance: Deep red, with just a tawny tinge at the edges. Nose: Spice, berry, leather. Taste: Spice box, multiple berries, still some tannins, better than medium finish. This is clearly mostly a Cab (55% Cab, 40% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot), and suprisingly - even after breathing for an hour and being aerated and decanted, it was still a little "tight", but a delicious and superb in your face Bordeaux that softened a little as the night went on. This vintage clearly is just now hitting its peak. We have two more Y 2000 Bordeaux and we will wait a year or three to open them...and let them breathe eveb longer. Matched well with a rubbed and marinated Bison steak and lobster tail.
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Brix on New Year's day. Decanted for an hour first (not long enough). Dense, meaty bordeaux. Still quite primary - oak and smoke combined with plummy and dark cherry fruit. Drinkable now but will get better over the next 5 or more years.
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Did not take notes, but it had lots of dark, ripe fruit with round edges and a super smooth, velvety texture. Medium body with nice balance with slightly drying tannins on the finish. Great match with a filet steak
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Very good. My only bottle. Drinking well now, but still quite primary. Was fairly open straight of of the bottle. After two hours in decanter the nose was intense, combining dark berries and oak in a balanced way. Not many signs of tertiary aromas. The mouth was medium to full bodied with smooth tannins. Very well balanced. Good for 10-15 more years
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Although still a little tight (young) , this wine is just coming into its own now. We let it breath for an hour and THEN decanted it through an aerator, which brought out the best in it. It started out with strong almond and black cherry/bramble berry tastes. The berry tastes stayed the entire time, but we got additional tastes of oak and mocha. It is quite tannic, even after 11 years, with a super long finish. We would describe this as a perfectly balanced medium to full-bodied wine , not overpowering, but elegant with a lot of finesse and complexity; not an "in your face" fruit bomb. It had a huge nose and the taste matched the nose completely throughout going through the entire bottle. While I have always held that Margaux is the most food friendly Bordeaux, we had it with a dish with a touch of mint, which was not a perfect match as it tended to neutralize the flavors a tad, that was my bad. We got around it by drinking it after the starch and veggie, which did the trick. This wine would easily age for another year or three. It sure was enjoyable and one of the best Bordeaux we have had in years. Drinkers of wine like this bottle need to understand these wines need to age, need to breathe, benefit from decanting and aerating. That will give you the best tasting result. This was a wine with a lot of miles on it for us. We moved it from Colorado to Arizona in 2002, and back to a different part of Colorado in 2009 - all done with loving care and it paid off. Believe I paid about $29 for this as a Bordeaux future in late 2001 or early 2002. I see prices for this currently between $72 and $100.
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12.5% alcohol. 50% cabernet, 45% merlot, 5% PV. not decanted, but you can, yet i wouldn't dally as this was out of gas after 3 hours in the glass with the drying tannin overtaking the fruit. in the first hour, i was smitten. fragrant nose with nice touches of leather and cooked chocolate, mild roasted beans; however, a bit chunky on the finish. i don't see the upside of cellaring.
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Solid and balanced after an hour open. Evolved slowly over the next hour. I can't believe how well balanced this medium weight Margaux blend has become. I think it will really open up in 3-5 years. 91+
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Brought to a dinner with friends, opened for 30mins and drank from the bottle, nose of some fruit and minerals but rather light, body was medium and palate was quite smooth. Over an hour or so, developed some floral tones, bottle was finnished before further development was noticed. Can be drank now but probably a bit more time will benefit.
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Herbal tobacco leaf on the nose. Lean entry of herbal leather infused black currant flavors. Big acid wash on the finish. The fruit in this wine is starting to fade away while the acids cling on. Very disjointed. Tasted blind.
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Poured into decanet and immediatley drank (over 4 hours). Faint nose of cedar, worn leather and dusty red fruit. The body was lacking a bit, but it was well structured and stood up to my steak. After 3 hours it really did start to show a bit more fruit on the nose and was a bit more friendly. I will wait a few years to drink the other two and see what happens. Not a bad bottle, but not what I was hoping for.
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This is a stellar wine that should not be opened for at least 5 more years. It's very complete with a palate that is slightly stronger than the nose at this point. Very smooth, great texture, good structure and weight with a nice long finish.
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This Bordeaux is in a very nice early stage of its secondary development - beautiful tobacco and graphite combined with the red fruits on the nose - a classic Bordeaux scent profile. Rich and silky mouthfeel, long and generous finish. Need a bit of air, but it still fresh, so with it's approachability now, it does seem to be in its 'right' space for a somewhat early enjoyment. No regrets opening it when we did
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This wine was presented as an unknown at a Margaux theme tasting. The bottle was double-decanted (moderate sediment) and allowed one hour in decanter prior to funneling back into the cleaned bottle. The wine was then re-decanted and serially tasted over three hours. My tasting was unblinded. Opaque purple/ruby. The nose is quite intense and attractive, with aromas of tar, black currants, smoke and underbrush. Full-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, generous sweet tannins and ripe black fruit and mineral flavors. The middle palate is full and the finish is long and smooth. This is another 2000 star! It has the stuffing to further improve, and should drink nicely for many years thereafter. Drink 1/13-12/30.
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Very earthy nose, some might find barn-yardy, but I rather liked. Rich chocolate, dark fruit and complexity. medium body and finish. very nice now and hopefully will improve.
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Aromas of very dark berry with hints of licorice and earth. Rich, ripe, concentrated dark fruit flavors with a smokey component. Good structure, but also with round edges and a nice fruity finish. This is much more new world in style than I expected as it is rather fruit forward and has a very rich texture. If tasted blind, I would have guessed it for a California meritage with a high % of merlot.
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Definitive Bordeaux (Mirabelle Restaurant Austin, Texas): This wine was a bit controversial: some tasters thought it too barnyard, bitter, coffee grounds, and dirty dishwater; others thought it chocolate, mineral, elegant, good fruit, and plummy. That's a broad spectrum to dissect. The Lascombes was the most forward in this flight of 2000's, and its tannins were more bitter than the Pichon Lalande an fell short on the finish. For the Burgundians it was a favorite, with berry on the nose, pencil shavings, elegance, silkiness, and medium length--yes, margaux might be the favorite bdx appellation of pinot-philes. For the bordeaux-philes, the lascombes fell short in this flight of supers.
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Paired with Rauzan-Gassies 2000. More modern style than the Rauzan, darker fruit, more marked by the oak, slightly bigger tannins, dense. Good length, tea and pebbles. Needs time, five years at least.
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Regular dinner group (@ CdW Bordeaux 2000 vs 2001.): A lot of dark cassis, and even though the wine had 5+ hours of air in the bouquet and on the palate it was still locked. There is firm acidity and bitterness. Rustic wine that needs another 3+ years of cellaring.
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Dark and deep color. Nose of earth and mushroom with slight hints of cinnamon and mint. Fruits showed dark fruits, stewed plums-perhaps a hint of licorice. Tobacco on palate - medium finish- decent mouthfeel.
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This was really very good after an our or two open. Tobacco, leather and blackberry come through beautifully. Tannis are firm, but this is drinking very well now.
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Dark red. Upon opening, earthy and a little plum. After an hour it opened to licorice and dark fruit with a hint of spices. Better yet after another hour as the tannins softened. Great with a beef filet.
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This elegant and restrained Margaux was brought up from the cellar to set the stage for a 96 Petrus. Still young and tannic it is starting to deliver floral and black fruit notes along with dark herbs and some hints of minerality. It has super texture and length. Delicious right now with considerable room for improvement.
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Upon opening, the bouquet was predominantly earth, red meat and subtle spice. After an hour of decanting, tobacco and dark fruits emerged. The finish was a bit short reinforcing spices and tobacco and eventually, dark currants.
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Deep purple, sombre colour. Classically cool, soft, plummy nose. Cool, dark fruited palate with some cedar there as well. Still tight on the mid palate but nice, refined tannins. With air the oak/pain grille notes begin to take over and the attack becomes sharper/more acidic as the wine closes up.
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A wasted bottle. Far too young. Good nose and purple fruit with relatively harsh tannins. Had i not known the vintage i would have placed it 2006/2007. Maybe it was too cold ? Going to leave this well alone for another 3 years at least and hope.
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Unlike my usual practice, I waited a good long while before coming to any sort of judgment about this. For the first hour and a half I just kind of sipped and enjoyed, because there certainly isn't anything about it that would lead one to say this isn't a very good wine. When I then attempted to apply my so-called critical faculties, I was surprised at the prominence of the toasty oak, and it kind of sent me back to a fleeting impression when I supposedly wasn't concentrating that this was either a really nice example of a restrained California cab or a ripe, modern execution of Bordeaux in search of New World appeal. There are pronounced cassis, mocha, and cedary notes, and it finishes with a soft Margaux-like profile. But it's also a tad nondescript, all of which is to say it falls short of being outstanding because it "needs a little bit o' soul to put it right."
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Dark, slightly translucent color. On the nose are lovely, seductive aromas of warm compost, roasted coffee, pencil shavings, red and blackcurrants, a hints of tobacco and new oak. The palate gives way to tart currants, tobacco, earth, and subtle hints of violets and mint. The tannins are still quite prominent, and though it is still enjoyable, I would not say that it is eminently drinkable --my guess is that the tannins need 2-4 years to soften before the wine exudes its full potential. Overall a very fine, balanced, complex, earthy wine that seemed to evoke Pauillac more than Margaux, but still at least, a sense of place and terroir.
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Definitely think this wine is in a shut down phase right now, and wish we would have waited. Not much of anything even after a 2 plus hour decant. Would hold for another 5 years...
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Decanted for 2 hours - middle wine of the night, with steak. Beautiful earth, cedar and cassis that complemented the food very nicely. My favorite of the night. Could still be a little closed down, but is drinking fine now with many years to go.
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Drank with friends over Chinese dinner at Yin Yang Private Dining in Hong Kong. Decanted for 2 hours. Deep ruby translucent colour. Very attractive and opulent nose. Good fruit and structure with some depth but overall rather one-dimensional. Not much length. Good but not great.
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12.5% alcohol. decanted. residual tannin and leather notes belying it's young age. i don't think there is enough fruit to ever catch up. extremely dry on the rather short finish. disappointing.
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Opened a second bottle after the first was corked. Purchased as a future and stored at 55C ever since arrival. Not much happening here. Decanted for 2 hours and then drank over the next two. Will wait a couple of more years and hope for better with the rest.
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Tasted November 10, 2007 at an offline. Nose of leather, a bit bretty with some mocho and mixed berries. Flavors of mixed berries and cherries. Medium to high acidity, medium to firm tannins, medium body. Hold.
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Nose of blackcurrant and toasty french oak. Tastes of blackberries, blackcurrant and violets. A bit on the bretty side for my tastes. Nicely balanced with lots of acidity. Not showing much complexity on the mid palate or finish to merit an outstanding score. This wine showed much better a year ago. Maybe it's shut down or going through a dumb phase. A solid Bordeaux nonetheless.
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Some leather, cedar and simple plum flavors. Missing complexity and nuances to define what it is. Drank much better on release. Nothing here for me to think it will get any better. Have 4 tasting notes.
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Jury still out. Five hour decant. Earthy nose, moderate round red and black fruit. Nice balance, easy to drink and no astringent tanins. Tanins mostly resolved and close to the start of the drinking window. I thought it might be tighter. This actually has a bit of Bdx band-aid. Not nearly as forward as a CA Bdx blend. Give this 2 years and it could get better.
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Tasted out of the brother in law's lousy stems. (How the hell did he get the Fred Flintstone decals off these crappy glasses?) This wine had intense black currents on the nose along with earth and a hard to distinguish floral note. I didn't get much cedar. The palate was velvety smooth with medium weight, black fruit, some licorice and smooth tannins. We should have let this open more. Lovely and refined.
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This was really impressive. there is a really nice cedar component that I really like.Good chewy fruit.Ready to drink now...notes of cassis, black fruits...
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Medium depth of color. Almost new world on the nose, with cassis, violets, mint, and a hint of cedar. Fairly round and generous on the palate. Not as good as the Marquis De Terme I had in the last week as a comparison, but preety nice. This can be enjoyed now but will get better with more bottle age.
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Tasted unblinded at 2000 Bordeaux horizontal at the home of Marshall Banker. Bright disc. Opaque purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense aromas of currants, coffee, minerals, vanilla and cocoa. Full-bodied on the palate, with big, sweet tannins, low-to-medium acidity and similar flavors as for the nose. Good evolution to a medium, smooth finish.
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Tasted blind with the Friday tasting group at Vintage Wines, Ltd. Bottle purchased the same day and presented by Mike Christensen. Bright disc. Opaque purple with violet rim. Clean nose, showing currants, coffee, cola and cocoa. Full-bodied on the palate, with ample sweet tannins. Long finish. Very nice, well-structured wine. More up-front fruit than most 2000s. This is one worth adding to the cellar.
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9/11/2023 - Ericsson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ouvert et bu chez un ami. Robe grenat foncé. 2 ans depuis dernière bt.
De mémoire, nez bordelais classique, cassis, havane, cèdre, chocolat noir.
En bouche, toujours assez masculin, avec un bon équilibre et une belle acidité.
Belle finale cette fois-ci, sans être très longue toutefois.
Sur son plateau, à mon sens. Excellent.
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6/19/2023 - CDH Likes this wine: 92 Points
Apologies, did not take notes so going from memory. Decanted. Much improved from my last tasting several years ago. Garnet color, no bricking. Spicy, cedary nose. Red fruit on the palate, long finish, medium acidity. I did not taste tertiary flavors. Well-integrated soft tannins (M). My last 2 bottles tasted over the last 5 years or so offered astringent, drying tannins and the wines were not enjoyable. Very pleased with how it has evolved and this was thoroughly enjoyed by all. Not going down hill from my perspective. Not sure if it will continue to improve further but I guess I’ll learn that in a couple of years. Only one bottle left!
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5/5/2023 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 92 Points
Finally ready for prime time. The oak is quite prominent, but the robust red fruit and earthy texture play nicely in that sandbox. Upside from here I suspect.
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3/11/2023 - The Wine Monkeys Likes this wine: 91 Points
Instant barnyard and funk that took a bit to resolve. Dark cherry, graphite, ash, tar/leather nicely integrated tannins, with a medium finish. Lovely Margaux drinking beautfully with life still to go.
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3/10/2023 - Cremuel Likes this wine: 91 Points
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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2/12/2023 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 92 Points
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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9/24/2022 - Gregory Dal Piaz wrote: 91 Points
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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5/25/2022 - jkoenen wrote: 93 Points
Full of finesse, feminine and charming.
Great wine.
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4/22/2022 - Bradley Love wrote: 92 Points
Still deep reddish purple. So many secondary flavors, but not past its prime. Very strong cherry fruit. Impeccable balance. No resistance. It just melts in your mouth. Great with brined pork chops.
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4/10/2022 - black fruits Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinking well, shimmering cherry colour. Cherry, redcurrant nose. Some vanilla and tobacco favours present. Silky mouthfeel coupled with very smooth tannins to finish things off. Drink at peak but can be kept a while longer. Double decanted 30mins or so prior drinking.
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2/14/2022 - winchester-xi Likes this wine:
Pretty, medium-weight Bordeaux. Shows some cassis, a slight floral note, and lots of red berries. The fruit is ripe enough to have a bit of sweetness, but not to be dense or ponderous; in fact, it retains nice freshness. There’s certainly some oak apparent, but it’s not in your face and doesn’t seem to be out of the normal range for the era. Good texture, with tannins that have a little way to go before they’re resolved. A pleasant bottle of wine,though maybe not a memorable one
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1/24/2022 - Carlo Sarto Likes this wine:
Last bottle. Imnediately noticed the special buquet of mature Margaux. Great clarity and delicacy. The taste also had the classic Margaux profile of clarity and lightness. My wife concurred, What a treat!"
Having read Bevetroppo's Christmas Day tasting note I focused on the character of the taste in terms of drinking window. The fruit was fully ripe, the flavors completely developed and at the same time showing not the slightest trace of the softening that comes in late maturity. This is the perfect drinking moment for me, the spot I hope to find. While I do not see upward movement grom this point I also know from experience that Bordeaux of this class will hold this state for years (graphed by Jancis Robinson in "Wintage Timecharts"). Putting the end of ideal drinking at 2030 as Bevetroppo does fits my experience exactly.
A bit of context. I have a very special fondness for Margaux. One of the best wines I tasted lang ago that started my love of mature Bordeaux was a 66 d"Issan. While different from this Lascombes both are as lovely as Margaux can be. If I were to teach a class on mature Bordeaux this wine could be a case study of Margaux.
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12/26/2021 - bevetroppo Likes this wine: 91 Points
Day later from memory. Pretty purple-red color that still had a touch of opacity at the center and little to no bricking. At first glance it looked to be in fine fettle for its age. Nose immediately open, full of attractive cassis fruit, cedar, tobacco and mint. Quite classic and as one of my family members noted, "perfumed." Soft and lovely on the palate, some graphite creeping in mid-mouth and a fine, tight grained finish with no astringency. It did not have a lot of stuffing, but what it did have was delivered with elegance and Margaux-like precision.
Once again I'm left to wonder how some 80 cellar tracker users could have concluded that it would be best enjoyed by 2019. Maybe I'm reading it wrong, but that's what it says right below me as I'm typing this. I appear to be a hopeless outlier on the distribution curve, so make of that what you will. My guess is closer to 2030. In The Last Kingdom, the hero Uhtred's mantra is "Destiny is all." In wine I suspect the equivalent is "provenance/storage is all."
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11/13/2021 - johnnylaw1222 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Delicate, tannins fully resolved. Color surprisingly ruby, looking youthful. Nose shows the age though with tertiary notes dominating.
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9/23/2021 - Ericsson wrote: 92 Points
5 1/2 ans depuis me dernière bouteille...le vin a pris de la maturité.
La couleur est toujours aussi sombre mais les arômes sont présents dès l'ouverture, chocolat noir, fruits rouges et cassis, un soupçon de sous-bois.
Au palais, il s'est détendu, a retrouvé un côté plus féminin que j'associe d'ordinaire aux margaux tout en conservant une certaine puissance.
Le seul bémol est sur la finale que j'ai trouvée légèrement asséchante.
Sur la base de cette bouteille, j'ai l'impression que le vin est proche de son plateau.
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6/13/2021 - ogres3 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drank at Poulet Blue. Cork fragmented on opening and had to help the sommelier. Opened with a wonderful musty nose that dissipated fairly rapidly. =Muted smooth fruit pairs well with food. Finish doesn't last long. Probably past its prime.
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5/22/2021 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 92 Points
FWSG tasting. Drank in Grassl 1855. Tasted semi-blind.
Appearance is clear, deep intensity, ruby colour. Legs.
Nose is clean, medium+ intensity, with aromas of blackberries, black cherries, dark leather, menthol, black licorice. Developing.
On the palate, dry, medium+ acidity, medium alcohol, grippy high tannins, full body. Medium+ flavour intensity, with flavours of blackcurrant, blackberries, black cherries, cassis, licorice, some glycerin, and dark leather with emerging meat. Long finish.
Very good quality. Probably good provenance bottle. Not a great deal of acidity, but lots of life left in this.
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4/3/2021 - hargy Likes this wine: 91 Points
this has hit a plateau - no real development but no sign of any deterioration - nice wine but I would expect a bit more considering the vintage
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1/16/2021 - VAGentleman wrote: 89 Points
Ready to drink with a few years of maturing left. Currant after some initial funk that lingers as mushroom and forest. Hint of graphite but mostly lasting medium full on the mouth of red fruit and flowers
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12/25/2020 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points
A classic Margaux from a great vintage which, while still very tasty, is unlikely to improve. Medium garnet color with a touch of brick at the rim. Nose of moss and forest floor. Sour cherry, raspberry, cassis, tobacco, and leather on the palate. This opened at about the one hour mark and was pretty nicely balanced through about hour 3 when it began to close a bit. Full bodied with a medium finish. Still ranked second in a Lascombes horizontal of 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2009.
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11/27/2020 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 96 Points
Nose of black berry, saddle leather, allspice, and lots of cigar box, same on the palate, big body, very tasty, elegant, fabulous Bordeaux, mouth filling fruit, rich fruit, sip and savor, no food needed, worth looking for, a 20 year old oldie but goody, long, flavorful finish. Photo of etched "Lascombes" on bottle uploaded.
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11/13/2020 - wbq8f Likes this wine: 93 Points
Several years ago I rated this same wine as over the hill -- it had little fruit flavor, no real finish, and I thought it was on its way out. But then I tried again just now, and found a totally different wine -- nice complex fruit up front -- apricot and red cherry -- followed by spices, such as allspice and clove, and a nice long finish. So what'g going on? All of my bottles came from the same case, were stored in the same way. But for some reason, there was a lot of variation. So if you still have some, give it a try. Maybe it just needed a full twenty years to come into its prime.
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9/12/2020 - Bellissimo wrote:
Decanted 90+ minutes got to this and was surprised how youthful it was. No way I would have guessed this is 20 years old and not lacking fruit as others have described as of late. Cassis, blackberry, coffee and clove all pretty modern in profile and lacking the traditional tertiary components I was hoping for. Medium+ weight, tannins very smooth at this time.
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9/7/2020 - europat55 wrote: 91 Points
Nose: B++/A- Palate: B++ Tasted Blind.
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8/4/2020 - Collector1855 wrote: 85 Points
During a tasting. All bottles of this wine showed the perils of the Parker years. Late picking, extraction, lots of oak. The wine is tired, cooked fruit, oxidative streak, little aromas. Game over.
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7/23/2020 - pleigh wrote: 90 Points
Classic margaux but hard to compete given super vintage
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6/8/2020 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nose of black berry, cigar box, saddle leather, and barnyard, on the palate, big body, mouth filling fruit, very tasty, secondary flavors, elegant, lovely to sip and savor, easily the best Lascombes ever tasted, long finish, lovely aftertaste. Photo uploaded.
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4/23/2020 - Rich.Herbs Likes this wine:
I poured into a half bottle and decanted the remaining half. Nice and balanced, with a dry edge, still vigorous and stood up to food, but a lack of fruit made it a bit rough for me. The second night it started a bit smoother. but still a bit coarse. This was my last bottle and I'm not sure if waiting any longer would have improved it - I imagine the rough edge would mellow and the wine is focused enough to age well, but the lack of fruit may be a problem. Still, I enjoyed the wine.
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3/7/2020 - Andrewbdc wrote: 91 Points
Similar to my previous notes (copied below). The wine continues to drink well and I personally don't find any lack of fruit, contrary to other notes. Perhaps I was lucky with the two cases purchased. My last two bottles. I don't feel there is any need to drink up, but equally this isn't going to get any better.
The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (cassis, blackberry, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), slight green note (blackcurrant leaf, mint), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game, truffle). The wine is fully developed.
The palate is dry with medium acidity, medium ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar, truffle. The finish is long.
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3/6/2020 - Caciolo wrote:
A little underwhelming. Drink up
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3/1/2020 - tom_wine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for an hour. Brick color with herbal and pencil aromas. Dark fruit flavors with a touch of anise. Long in the finish. Fading tannins. Ready to drink.
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12/22/2019 - rinnocenzi Likes this wine: 92 Points
Hold to drink between 5-10 years
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12/5/2019 - Eugenedinapoli Likes this wine:
Medium + ruby with the slightest bricking on edge. Big earthy nose of barnyard (which eventually blew off), tar, whiffs of toasty oak and an herbaceous (pickling spices) red fruit core. Velvet mouthfeel with integrated tannins.
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10/21/2019 - Neecies Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Fourth bottle opened of six purchased over a decade ago, and each has been identically crappy: no fruit, parched tannins, astringent finish. Every darned one. Though a few people have had good bottles, others here have filed similar reports so it's now safe to presume mine all came from a bad lot and the 'to do' at this point is feed the rest to the rhododendrons.
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9/30/2019 - CDH wrote: 87 Points
On the nose secondary aromas of olive tapenade & cedar shavings. On the palate spicy white pepper. The wine was quite tannic & astringent - too much for me. No fruit to speak of. Acid was M+ but everything was overwhelmed by the tannins for me. Plenty of life left in this wine - did not seem to be in decline at all.
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9/20/2019 - Zweder wrote: 91 Points
UWS a random set of wines (@ JB): Beautiful bouquet with barnyard and oak. On the palate beautiful and lush dark berries, oak, smoke and tobacco and beautifully round tannin. Completely ready now, but no extreme hurry.
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9/15/2019 - jonboy74 wrote: 93 Points
8FEB20 update- this is the best bottle Ive had. Upped my score to 93. Pity it was my last bottle.
31JAN20 Update - reaffirming the 92 score. In great shape, still has life left but prob no further improvement with more time.
Smooth and fresh, was open after 1 hr decant. No long tannins but wine came together nicely. No bricking, but it seems this wine may only have a couple years left in the bottle before declining.
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8/22/2019 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nose of cedar, cigar box, and barnyard, more of the same on the palate, medium/big body, tasty, mouth filling, easy to sip and savor with Roast Beef, barnyard dominant, time to enjoy is now-at peak, and a long, barnyard finish.
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4/24/2019 - fc1910 wrote: 90 Points
A Too short Visit to Wine and Tapas Paradise; 4/24/2019-4/28/2019 (Iberia Business Class, Cuenllas, La MAMA, La Tasqueria, Palo Cortado, Iberia Business Lounge Madrid): Classic Margaux from this chateaux, not on the fruity side of Bordeaux, more meaty, some metallic hints, great elegancy, but for me loosing structure with more aeration, ***
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4/24/2019 - Harley1199 wrote:
FC1910 Visits Madrid; 4/24/2019-4/28/2019 (Madrid): In a blind tasting it would have remembered a cabernet franc from Loire with notes of manure from stabled horses. After shaking the glass there were notes of melted milky chocolate.
Powerful, dry and very serious on the palate. It does not have a good length and it looks a bit rough. No place for silkiness, feminine touch either. Alright it is a great vintage but the change of style of this Chateau took place the following year, in 2001.
In my illiterate opinion, it needed to be decanted, urgently.
En una cata a ciegas hubiese recordado a una cabernet franc del Loira con notas de estiércol de caballos estabulados. Tras agitar la copa contundentemente había notas a chocolate con leche derretido.
Pujante, seco y muy serio al paladar. No tiene una buena longitud y se presenta un poco tosco. No esperes ni sedosidad ni un toque femenino. Es una gran añada pero el cambio de estilo del Chateau se produjo al año siguiente, en 2001.
En mi iletrada opinión, necesitaba ser decantado y con urgencia.
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3/25/2019 - CDH wrote: 87 Points
Decanted and allowed to warm up from cellar temp. Little to no fruit on the nose or on the palate. The wine was very structured but austere. Astringent tannins, medium acidity, medium weight. A bit of an enigma to me - plenty of life left, but I wonder if it’s going to soften at all. Had it with a grilled rib eye steak which I thought would be a decent pairing, but the astringency and lack of fruit was disappointing.
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3/17/2019 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
PhD Week in Virginia; 3/16/2019-3/22/2019 (Virginia): Very dark red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. Brought this with us to Williamsburg for my son and had it at Fat Canary. This was wonderful in a brilliantly understated way. This bottle was feminine and perfectly ready for prime time. The nose has a wet earthiness, and a building perfume of violets, cassis and leather with well framed wood tones. The palate echoes the nose with a medium bodied build, cassis, cedar, soil infused damp wood and graphite. The tannins are most agreeable now and this has a nice lingering finish. Very enjoyable now and with another 10 years of life.
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1/29/2019 - Momus99 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Had with Leonardo and white truffle dinner. After drinking a half a case of this over about 10 years, I can attest to a great deal of bottle variation, but this one was magnificent. Did not take detailed notes but it was balanced, lush, and profound. Definitely not over the hill.
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1/1/2019 - sfinestone Likes this wine: 92 Points
Purchased full case on futures and stored in temperate controller cellar ever since. This is the third bottle consumed. Very nice bouquet. Great flavor of berries. Great balance. Lots of life left.
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12/18/2018 - Neecies wrote: 80 Points
Dried out, no excitement, tired flavors. Second bottle that's been like this, and not sure why. Purchased and in temp control storage by me since 2003.
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12/18/2018 - Neecies wrote: flawed
Corked.
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12/15/2018 - Whitelion Likes this wine: 91 Points
The very best... awsome
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12/9/2018 - tom_wine Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for an hour. The best asset of this wine is the aromas -- generous, black pepper, herbs and dark berry. But the flavors fade prety fast -- not sure I would decant it next time. Black berry, cherry flavors with a dash of black pepper. Tannins nearly gone, so window is closing.
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12/1/2018 - aChave wrote: 90 Points
Direct, up front Bordeaux. Some earthiness and funk wrapped in prominent acid and moderate fruit. Bit of an acid edge, but nicely refined. A clear wine; nothing in excess. Pretty bouquet. Decanted one hour; about right. The acidity, to me, says this wine is not done.
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10/17/2018 - CarpeDiem! wrote: 88 Points
Considering the excellent year I was not overwhelmed by this Margaux, which struggles with residual acidity. All in all a balanced, medium bodied wine, elegantly blending sweet matured berry notes with wood, chocolate and toasted notes. But again, I was expecting a smoother drinking experience. Not sure whether it will improve much.
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5/6/2018 - Blake Brown Likes this wine:
2000 CHATEAU LASCOMBES MARGAUX- fortunately, in this case after having a flawed version, a friend brought a 750 of the same wine and it was really good as expected, in fact, Parker and others considered this to be a break though wine for the Chateau followed up by many other fine vintages; this bottle was hallmarked by its beautiful balance, great mouthfeel and wonderful taste profile; I got a bit of toasty, earthy and liquorice accented black currant, black cherry and blackberry fruit; for most vintages, the composition of the Grand vin is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot.
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4/24/2018 - galewskj wrote: 91 Points
(Non) Blind 2004 and Older Bordeaux (Meritage): Tobacco, earth, red fruit. Tasty but young.
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4/23/2018 - Quiet Lion Does not like this wine: 89 Points
Decanted and served. Restrained nose with some barnyard and tobacco developing. On the palate, dominated by acid. Hints of leafy underbrush appeared at times but not enough to balance. Not much fruit.
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4/22/2018 - rocknroller wrote: 92 Points
Monthly Tasting Group: Bordeaux 2004 and Older (Meritage, St. Paul): Small taste. Unknown treatment. Apparently I like this a lot more than everyone else. That's ok, it keeps the price down. I thought it was really good, balanced and with good, approachable structure; youthful - maybe so, but certainly at a point where it will deliver. Tobacco, gravelly palate and deep cassis with floral overtones. 91+ to 92pts.
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4/14/2018 - Eugenedinapoli wrote:
Medium ruby. Black currant, flowers, leather, herbaceous. Silky mouthfeel, layered, complex, well integrated flavors with a long finish. Wow, so classy.
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4/1/2018 - Whitelion Likes this wine: 90 Points
As expected: high-end quality. Great bargain at the time (€30,- in 2002)
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3/5/2018 - Blake Brown wrote: flawed
2000 CHATEAU LASCOMBES MARGAUX- 2- 375 ml.; many years ago, I joined my buddy, the late Frank Crandall of the local Renegade Wines in trying to select good, but reasonable Bordeaux futures; after comparing barrel samples, we concluded this may have a good chance to perform and I opted for a case of 375 mls, 24 bottles; I`ve not opened any to date and thought this might be the perfect time to do so; both bottles were inundated with 4-ethylphenol, the barnyard expression of Brettanomyces; anyone want 22 375s ?
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3/1/2018 - J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine:
LBTG
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1/28/2018 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Final bottle from a half case purchased in 2004. Perfect cork, level into neck. It is a large-scaled and powerful wine, youthful and fresh at 18 years of age, still tannic but with lots of cassis fruit and spice, firm core of gravelly minerality, muscular, lead pencil, good resonance and length. It could only be a left bank claret, but you would be forgiven for guessing Saint-Estèphe. It should last until 2030 with ease, but if you are hoping for finesse to emerge, you will be disappointed.
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1/26/2018 - Marsman wrote: 89 Points
Full bodied, muted earthy nose. Was tight on PnP and after a few hours in the decanter it opened up somewhat but never developed into anything noteworthy. No fruit presence, short tannic finish. Was not unpleasant, just nothing notable. Seemed past peak, or never really had anything. Similar to the first bottle we had last year.
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1/21/2018 - Miamidivorcelawyer wrote: 88 Points
disappointing, fruit was just not there and the flavor profile was just off. Not corked just off center and nothing special.
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1/11/2018 - steinersing wrote: 91 Points
this has a good level of energy and fruit is round - good for the price point
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1/11/2018 - Collector1855 wrote: 91 Points
During a Commanderie tasting. Medium garnet, color, brick rim. With a brooding Rauzan Segla 2000 next to it, this came across as even more tame, modern, chocolaty and polished than it was meant to be. Decent wine, not very complex though for a 2emem Cru. I also wished for more energy and lift.
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12/26/2017 - Momus99 wrote: 88 Points
On the downward slope-Drink ‘em if you got ‘em. Caveat-Stored the first few years in a non-climate-controlled cellar, so maybe my bottles aged faster than they would with optimal storage.
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12/24/2017 - pinotwok wrote: 88 Points
War vielleicht nicht die beste Flasche...schon eher tertiär, in der ersten Anmutung etwas Margaux-Parfum in der Nase aber dann überwiegend Waldboden, Pilze, noch etwas Cassis. Baut mit etwas Luft am Gaumen noch aus, zeigt etwas Süße, aber überwiegend Säure und hinten raus ein wenig stumpfes Tannin. Zum Essen noch gerade so ok, aber wenig Substanz. Aus besseren Flaschen vielleicht noch ein paar Punkte mehr, aber besser zügig austrinken als noch länger warten.
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12/8/2017 - Oskiwawa wrote: 92 Points
Purchased EP. Opened and poured into decanter. Enjoyed over the next several hours. Nice dark ruby color. No real signs of bricking
Dark cherry, graphite on the nose which carries throug to the palate. Bit of earthiness too. Tannins well integrated but still there.
Should age gracefully for another 10 years. This is in a really nice place right now.
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9/6/2017 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points
Wine Tasting with HfL Executive (Fanhams Hall Hotel): The wine is clear and deep garnet in colour.
The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (cassis, blackberry, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), slight green note (blackcurrant leaf, mint), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game, truffle). The wine is fully developed.
The palate is dry with medium acidity, medium ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar, truffle. The finish is long.
The wine is outstanding quality and continues to drink beautifully although it will no improve further as it is already fully developed.
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9/5/2017 - hargy Likes this wine: 92 Points
delicious drinking and surprisingly mature and perhaps at its peak? - drink over the next couple of years
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5/12/2017 - VAGentleman wrote: 90 Points
At good point. Could wait but not much longer. Blueberry mushroom bit of forest.
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3/30/2017 - Atreyu wrote: 89 Points
nice and elegant but lacking a bit in the concentration department. Fully mature, drink soon.
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3/28/2017 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points
Coravin 3/28/17: Deep ruby with no to minimal bricking; nose is aromatic, smoky, deep black fruits, hints of herbal and forest floor underneath; palate is full bodied, tart red fruits, smooth approachable texture throughout, medium well integrated tannins show their presence through the midpalate, medium 13-13.5% alcohol?, medium-plus acidity; finish is medium and clean. Impeccably balanced overall, inbetween a classical and slightly modern styled bordeaux, nose with subtle complexity and depth, palate is a bit simpler but so well balanced that it is easy to drink. A solid bordeaux at early maturity and an excellent value on release. 91+, room for some minor improvement, but also drinking so well now that it doesn't need another 10 years.
2 hours later: It hasn't changed much, but it was just so well balanced that it was easy to drink. Exactly what bordeaux should be, so I'm adding a point. Lovely wine. 91-92
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3/18/2017 - dankrems wrote: 91 Points
Tannin is gone but still plenty of fruit. Nose of graphite and cassis, with earthy hints as well. On the palate, there's spice, dark cherry, blackberry, a bit of tobacco. Crisp acididity, a medium length finish, but lacking enough power and complexity to be outstanding. Still fun to drink
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2/5/2017 - Neurowine1 wrote: 91 Points
Bought on release. Lovely if not slightly modern Margaux. Quite ripe black cherry, tobacco, spice box, and tar. Really opened up over a couple hours in the decanter. Perfect with prime rib roast. Suspect this has 5+ great years ahead.
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1/16/2017 - Rich.Herbs Likes this wine:
Nice currant odor wafting during decanting and aeration. Unfortunately, the fruit was short lived and a elegantly balanced mixture of muted fruit, cedar, and earthy spice dominated my evening's slow consumption, rounded off with a good tannic kick. It's hard not to show reverence for this wine's pedigree and age, but despite my focused attention, the wine's narrow band of operation did not impress me as much as I'd hoped. And an occasional slight chalky acidity puzzled me. Is the subdued fruit a sign of old age? Or the tannic kick and acid a sign of vigor? I'm hoping for the latter and give my remaining bottles a 2 or 3 year respite.
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12/31/2016 - juffer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Notes from memory. Cedar nose, medium fruit, strong tannic structure, good grip on the finish.
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12/23/2016 - Andrewbdc wrote: 91 Points
The wine is clear and medium garnet in colour.
The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game, truffle). The wine is fully developed.
The palate is dry with medium (+) acidity, medium (+) ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar, truffle. The finish is medium (+) length, slightly drying.
The wine is outstanding quality. There is good fruit concentration and complexity from secondary and tertiary clusters. The acidity and tannins are balanced by the fruit. Finish slightly short, but not enough to detract. The wine is elegant and the tannins fully resolved.
The wine should be drunk now and is not suitable for further ageing. It has no primary fruit left and is perhaps losing its freshness so I would recommend drinking in the next 2 years.
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12/11/2016 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 90 Points
Five Bordeaux By Five Decades (Rancho de Los Olivos): Decanted for 5 hours yet barely budged. Shy blue fruit and fine grained tannins, but lacking in depth or richness. Revisit in 3+ years.
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11/23/2016 - Twopawsup Likes this wine: 89 Points
The wine looks crimson colored. It smells like forest floor, mushroom, red currant and prune. It tastes like blackberry, cherry, oak, burnt toast and molasses. The body is medium/full. The wine has leathery texture, finishes long and has high acidity.
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11/19/2016 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Very dark red color. PNP, drank 2+ glasses over 4 hours. Excellent nose, earthy with fresh shaved pencil, mineral, cassis, dried spices, dried forest floor, and a wispy floral perfume emerges after 30 minutes. The palate has cassis, black cherry, nice wood notes, medium plus to full bodied, good structure and balance, forest floor, lifted, gravelly mineral, dried spices and pencil. Even better on day 2.
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10/27/2016 - LJT wrote: 92 Points
Very nice bouquet, which grew through time. Tannins were softening but still strong. Good fruit. This wine has plenty of time.
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10/26/2016 - capacious Likes this wine: 91 Points
Back to liking it. Waited a while after last, and rewarded for patience. I think it's got five to seven years or more to change, and reward
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10/12/2016 - wineappreciation wrote: 91 Points
Dust, aged blueberry, hints of ash; smooth, level, balanced, long-lived, well-constructed but slightly dull
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9/18/2016 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 91 Points
Contrary to my earlier tasting experience with this wine, tonight this was surprisingly un-Bordeaux like ... while this was lacking the floral and earthy notes I associate with Margaux, it showed much brighter and more forward and vibrant fruit, more like a Napa Cab, than a left bank claret.
Dark deep ruby colored, medium-bodied, bright forward blackberry, black currant, and black cherry fruits with a layer of tangy spice and tones of soft oak on the moderate tannin finish.
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9/17/2016 - mhudes Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened 2 bottles of this two hours before serving for my "2000 Bordeaux wine tasting". The second favorite of the tasting (behind Lagrange). Both bottles consistent. Dark in color, flowery nose. Blueberries, black currents, vanilla, leather, a bit of cloves. Tannins seemed to resolve after an additional few minutes in the glass. May still be a year or two from it's peak.
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9/17/2016 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep indigo in color with no evidence of being 16 years old. Interestingly, this was more fruit dominant and powerful than I would have expected. I have this before on several occasions and this bottle did not have the floral, perfumed profile typical of a Margaux. More closely approximated a Napa Cab with deep blueberry, blackberry and coffee notes. Really in a great place right now.
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8/29/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Fifth bottle from a half case purchased in 2004; pristine condition, perfect cork, level into neck. Rich and ripe nose with black fruit, smoky oak, a hint of earth, mineral freshness and lifted notes of flowers, pepper and paprika; there is sweet ripe fruit on the front and mid palate, but the back palate and the finish feel rather structured and extracted; the tannins are slightly jarring at first, but they do soften after a few hours in the decanter, even if they continue to stick out just a bit; the finish displays some nice ripe, and remarkably primary fruit and length is good to very good. Relatively elegant weight (12.5% - nowadays a wine like this would easily clock up 14% ABV), a solid wine, sturdy even, not terribly charming or typical for Margaux, but in no danger of drying out either. It does lose definition quite quickly. Drink now - 2020.
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7/9/2016 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points
The wine is clear and deep garnet in colour.
The nose is clean with pronounced aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune, fig), oak (vanilla, clove, sweet spice), spice (liquorice), tertiary (leather, cedar, cigar box, game). The wine is fully developed.
The palate is dry with medium (+) acidity, medium (+) ripe fine tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, pronounced intensity flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, fig, clove, vanilla, leather, game, cedar. The finish is long.
The wine is outstanding quality. There is good fruit concentration and complexity from secondary and tertiary clusters. The acidity and tannins are balanced by the fruit. The finish is long. The wine is elegant and the tannins fully resolved.
The wine should be drunk now and is not suitable for further ageing. It has no primary fruit left and is perhaps losing its freshness so I would recommend drinking in the next 3 years.
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1/9/2016 - gsquireh Likes this wine: 90 Points
Medium bodied, needs decanting and at least an hour to shed tannins and soften to a spice and cedar pleasant drinking wine. Does not reveal the 2000 pedigree, but acquits itself as a respectable herb and black currant leaning Margaux.
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12/31/2015 - Ericsson Likes this wine: 93 Points
Superbe couleur pourpre foncé, sans traces d'évolution. Non carafé, a pris une bonne 1/2 heure pour s'ouvrir dans le verre.
Très beau vin au début de sa phase d'évolution, bien construit, plutôt viril pour un margaux, avec une belle trame acide et de la fraîcheur.
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12/31/2015 - Andrewbdc wrote:
Similar note to previous one.
The wine is clear and dark garnet in colour.
The nose is clean with medium (+) intensity aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune), oak (vanilla, clove) tertiary (savoury, leather, cedar, tobacco). The wine is fully developed.
The palate is dry, with medium acidity, medium fine grained tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, medium (+) flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, vanilla, savoury, leather. The finish is long.
The wine is outstanding. The wine has complex flavours from tertiary development. The finish is long. The acid, alcohol and tannins are balanced by the fruit. This is classic mature Bordeaux.
The wine is not suitable for further ageing but there is no hurry to drink (next 3 years). It is at its drinking plateau that should last for several years, although I don't think this is for the very long haul.
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12/28/2015 - Viking 61 wrote: 91 Points
Coming together nicely. Classic balanced soft dark fruits with a nice consistent finish.
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12/25/2015 - honest bob wrote: 92 Points
From 75cl, perfect cork. Opened but not decanted 4 hours before serving, which felt about right; continued to open up in the glass over 2 hours. Dark colour, dark red-black fruit, and all the delicious cedar/tobacco notes you could wish for: Plump, inky-ripe Médoc just approaching maturity. The surprise was the gorgeous retronasal kick of incense (just like an Anglican church service) dominating the finish, which silenced the dinner table at first swallow. Terrific wine now, no hurry. 92P
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12/16/2015 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine: 92 Points
Purchased upon release and cellared in pristine fashion, this bottle was double-decanted, allowing more than five hours in decanter prior to funneling back into the cleaned bottle. The wine was then served at a birthday dinner, where it was serially tasted over three hours. Deep red/garnet in color, it offers aromas of black cherry, coriander, leather, earth and pipe tobacco. Medium-to-full-bodied, seamlessly alcoholic (12.5%) and with low-to-medium acidity, it delivers a flavor payload which mirrors the nose. The tannins have significantly softened since I last sampled this wine in 2010. Layered and dense in the middle, it closes long and smooth. At this point there are no rough edges. While it may not last as long as originally projected, it should show well for another decade (or more). Drink now-2025.
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12/15/2015 - Neecies wrote: 84 Points
Day one: red fruit, spice and leather nose, but no midpalate fruit, just parched tannins. Re-corked and left for the next day.
Day two: black fruit, whiff of oxidation, relaxed tannins, drinkable but not, as the last reviewer noted, what you expect of a quality Bordeaux, especially in a year like 2000. Conclusion: OTH. First opened of six bottles owned, and not what one hopes for. Drink up.
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12/10/2015 - wbq8f wrote: 88 Points
I can't really decide if this is closed up and still needs more time, or is over the hill. It has very little fruit, but some interesting spice. leather, earthy notes, and an intriguing white pepper finish. Still, this is far from what I would have expected in a quality Bordeaux.
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11/7/2015 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points
The wine is clear and dark garnet in colour.
The nose is clean with medium (+) aromas of cooked dark fruit (blackcurrant, plum), dried fruit (prune), oak (vanilla, clove) tertiary (savoury, leather, cedar, tobacco). The wine is fully developed.
The palate is dry, with medium acidity, medium fine grained tannins, medium alcohol, medium body, medium (+) flavours of cooked blackcurrant, prune, vanilla, savoury, leather. The finish is long.
The wine is outstanding. The wine has complex flavours from tertiary development. The finish is long. The acid, alcohol and tannins are balanced by the fruit. This is classic mature Bordeaux.
The wine is not suitable for further ageing but there is no hurry to drink. It is at its drinking plateau that should last for several years.
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10/11/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Parent's Anniversary Dinner (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Very dark purple/red color, no bricking. Decanted for 2 hours; drank 2 glasses over 2 hours. Fantastic, came together beautifully and knocked the socks off my mom and dad. The nose is open and pretty with earth and a little bit of funk, cassis, floral, cedarbox, sandalwood and hints of fine leather. The palate is well balanced, full bodied with great depth, very fresh and energetic, wonderful fruit showing with cassis, dark berries, leather, earth, cedar, and gravelly tannins on a long impressive finish.
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10/11/2015 - T.E.D. wrote: 89 Points
Hard earth, tar and unripe cherry nose. Palate is a bit lean. More stringent earth, stone and green leaf and a touch of sulphur. Will benefit from time but questioning how this will round out. Definitely requires food with fat.
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9/21/2015 - Momus99 wrote: 92 Points
Much better than previous bottles. Had what I can only describe as "profundity"-An intellectually stimulating wine. Fruit wasn't screaming but neither was it MIA. As others have noted, "earthy" notes were prominent on nose & palate, including the "cedar" that Parker refers to in his review of this wine. I suspect bottle variation with this wine. 3 more in the cellar-Fingers crossed!
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9/20/2015 - T.E.D. wrote: 90 Points
Similar to my last tasting note a month ago. More earth driven than fruit driven. Hard earth, vegetation, lead pencil and a touch of berry and cassis. Well made still has plenty of time to she.
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9/15/2015 - Oskiwawa wrote: 88 Points
Running around 50/50 on these either being corked or just plain not real impressive. Drinkable but lacking any real characteristics which excite or drive one to add descripters.
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9/15/2015 - Oskiwawa wrote: flawed
corked
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9/3/2015 - grapist wrote: 91 Points
91+. Medium bodied. Kind of medium everything. Perhaps carried by the great vintage, this was good and enjoyable, but certainly not remarkable or memorable.
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8/30/2015 - T.E.D. wrote: 90 Points
Short note. Crimson colors. Tight nose with dusty berry and coco. Palate was more refined with long purple berry, lean earth and cedar and a touch of vanilla and oak. Well made and a bit quick in my serving. Time
Will enhance.
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8/29/2015 - tom_wine Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for an hour. Velvet texture with only a trace of tannin. Ripe, dark cherry flavors and a touch of plum. Long in the finish with hints of dried herbs and pepper. Drinking very well now.
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8/10/2015 - Topper wrote: 93 Points
Very pleasant wine, drinking nicely with some remaining tannin and good fruit. Has a lot of substance and grip and talks to you as it goes through your mouth. Lots of graphite, red fruit, and a touch of mint/menthol. Great food wine.
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6/25/2015 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Served blind this was immediately identifiable as Cabernet-based Bordeaux. It still showed relatively young, with plentiful, well-mannered dark fruit, and substantial tannin. That being said it was quite drinkable, and would have been just fine with a meal. It showed well with some of the meats/cheeses. The overall balance was very good, boding well for further aging. I ended up guessing 2000 Bordeaux (I was severely humbled on some later guesses), and very pleased to see the reveal of Lascombes from back when it was still wine instead of a wine-like substance.
If this is a good data point on 2000 Bordeaux then I am pleased with their evolution. More time is warranted, but they can be enjoyed now.
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6/20/2015 - phol wrote: 94 Points
The wine has medium acidity. It smells like blackberry, barnyard and plum. The body is full. The wine finishes medium. It tastes like black currant (cassis), barnyard and forest floor. The wine looks brick colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. The wine has smooth texture.
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5/9/2015 - MikeATL Likes this wine: 91 Points
Brisket, Bordeaux, and Rhones: Very elegant and well put together.
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4/18/2015 - CDH Likes this wine: 90 Points
Seemed like a classic Bordeaux. Limited fruit on the nose, good structure, strong, fine tannins, medium acid. Long finish.
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4/5/2015 - Sixchips600 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep earthy core of fruit. Smooth, sweet tannins. After 3 hours it seemed dominated by vanilla. Will drink more quickly next time.
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3/30/2015 - Ken63 wrote: 92 Points
quite tanic yet
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3/26/2015 - DaveGCO wrote: 88 Points
Cedar and blackberry notes. Good fruit, still tannic but balanced. Nice bottle with prime rib, roast potatoes and butternut squash.
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2/22/2015 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
Second Sunday Group: Margaux (M's): Aromas of taboacco, dark fruit- currants and cassis, as well as red berries. The palate follows the bouquet with a nice herbal undertone adding depth. This is balanced and has terrific weight across the palate, lingering on the finish. Younger, with some tannin to shed, but damn it is very tasty now too. Adds floral and roasted bell pepper notes as it opens further. 93+ pts.
My #1, Domino's #2
Group #5, 51 pts
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2/6/2015 - Andrewbdc wrote: 92 Points
Black Lion Wine Club - 2000, 2005, 2008 Margaux Tasting (The Black Lion): Appearance: Clear, medium intensity, garnet with a tawny rim
Nose: Clean, medium(+) intensity, dark fruits, cedar, spice, fully developed
Palate: Dry, medium acidity, soft, ripe, medium tannins, medium body, medium(+) intensity, dark fruits, cedar, leather, tobacco, vanilla, long finish
Conclusions: Very Good/Outstanding, beautifully integrated, fine, mature claret; drink now - not suitable for further ageing (although there's no hurry to drink)
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1/23/2015 - Viking 61 wrote: 91 Points
Drinking nice. Opened up after about an hour.Start with tart bright cherry evolving in to a smooth soft ripe blackcherry with a light med finish.
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12/27/2014 - zut alors! Likes this wine: 91 Points
complete integration of the three varietals (58% cab sauv, 35% merlot, 7% petit verdot). no tannins detected. black currant fruit, some spice and cedar. Very smooth, supple on the finish. This is an elegant wine.
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12/26/2014 - Momus99 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Solid Bordeaux. Stood up to dry-aged standing rib roast as a reliable supporting actor. Not the star of the meal though.
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12/13/2014 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank with friends Rick and Linda at a lovely holiday dinner. This is consistent epwith the bottle I drank almost exactly a year ago. Dark garnet color. Earthy, mossy aroma without much of the floral overtonesI would expect with a Margaux. Boysenberry, plum, cedar and minerals on the palate. Medium finish and nicely balanced.
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12/5/2014 - capacious Likes this wine: 88 Points
Down again. Last one of these we had just recently was wonderful and this one, stored one slot away, never opened up and we just drank our way through it out to dinner, more or less because it was there. Far more variation here bottle to bottle than there ever should be. Can't guess longevity at all
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11/30/2014 - capacious Likes this wine: 92 Points
Has evolved remarkably since last try. Rich, full, mouth filling, exciting, wow kind of wine.
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11/24/2014 - tom_wine Likes this wine: 91 Points
After an hour of decanting, this wine was in a perfect spot: still defined, not overripe fruit. Dark berries, some black currants, dusty tannins, rich and complex for its status. Excellent balance and still fresh.
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9/20/2014 - Sixchips600 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great nose of vanilla, sandalwood, and high-toned red fruit. Palate was even better with a gorgeous texture and a medium finish. Not sure this will be better with age, but drinking well now.
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9/1/2014 - rikipedia wrote: 87 Points
Terroir-istes International - France, Bordeaux, Margaux (Rodwell House): Black-red the nose is more tertiary with damp leaves, ripe black cherry, meat extract and redcurrant.
A delicate, pure wine that sits quite upright yet is richly textured and is polished and approachable. Decent fruit, modern again in style as per previous wine, forward-almost. However, the wine lacks interest and complexity, and the tannins feel a little dry and build as the wine opens., Some felt there may be some brett - possibly?
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6/16/2014 - Ken63 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Classic Margaux earth, cedar, fresh cut spices, dry earth, with rich red fruit flavors, good body moderate finish.
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5/1/2014 - ogres3 wrote: 88 Points
Nothing remarkable.
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4/30/2014 - Wino from Michigan wrote: 90 Points
Very nice but I expected more ....
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3/10/2014 - rikipedia Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened to celebrate our wedding anniversary!.
Deep black red to garnet with a nose showing heady cedarwood, classic oak spices and black cherries with tempting secondary notes of melted chocolate, coffee bean. Some tertiary, savoury headiness creeping in too. As the wine opened it was more red fruit than black: raspberry, red cherry. Quite a sensual wine and very Margaux.
The palate opens with a cedarwood, a classic lemon edged acidity, yet modern interpretation with a sensuous (almost plump) chocolate-y texture, integrated alcohol (12.5%) and errs to black fruits, predominantly blackcurrant and lesser so, blueberries. The mid-palate oscillates between powdery and chalky and has a firmness to it almost like chewing blackcurrant skins. However, the finish starts to build sinewy, slightly coarser tannins as mint enters, dry leaves, tobacco, earth and moss. That slightly dry bitter note on the aftertaste detracts from it being a top wine.
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2/22/2014 - MicklethePickle Likes this wine: 90 Points
Dark ruby. Medium legs. Textbook Margaux nose, feminine, deep, rich, and full of lovely red fruit. Cedary fruit in the mouth, round, plump and delicious. Still sports some tannins, and has good acidity and balance of components. Lingering finish. Good now, even better in years to come. A lovely drink. 4-13-15-8: 90/100.
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2/6/2014 - Papies wrote: 89 Points
2000 Bordeaux Left Bank, With Richard Brazier (Handford Wines, London): Dark in colour. Quite open on the nose. Classic in style, very cab Sauv, pepper, dark fruits. On the young side but in a way ok to drink now as the tannin is not a brick wall and the fruit is very much there. A good wine although has its fair share share of bitter edges. The nose is the highlight. Time could help here for sure. Ok to drink now and easily has 10 years in it. 89
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2/6/2014 - rossi.wine wrote: 91 Points
Only slight discolouration towards the rim. Lovely nose, perfumed, flowers, cedar, tobacco. Forward, great accessible fruit, good acidity on the palate. Spicy, good length, tannins are present, but friendly and open. Still rather youthful but accessible. 90-91+. Drink now until 2020+
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12/27/2013 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep dark garnet color. Nose revealed some tobacco box and a bit of moss. Lovely mix of bright fruits, leather and cedar on the palate. Plenty of smooth tannins. Lots of life left but drinking nicely now. Certainly the most ready and balanced of a '00, '01, '02, '03 Lascombes vertical that was a Christmas gift from the children a few years ago. Needs at least 90 minutes to open.
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12/24/2013 - rocknroller wrote: 93 Points
Mostly French on Christmas Eve (Dave's, Mpls): Very dark red color. 1-2mm clear meniscus. Decanted for 1.5hrs. Drank 2 glasses over 2hrs. Another stunningly good Margaux nose. The nose has a gorgeous array of earth, cedar, spearmint, fresh cut spices, dry earth, violets (which later becomes quite profuse), and subtle truffle notes. There is a mix of black and blue fruit that emerges over the first 30 minutes as this literally exploded, predominantly cassis and blueberry. The palate starts out nicely but my first thought was it was maybe a little thin, but that proved to be wrong as it took on considerable weight as it emerged, becoming elegant and medium-full bodied, with cassis, dark berries, French oak, earth, dusty minerals and dusty tannins on the long finish. I could not have been more pleased with how this showed, and it really got the family pumped. 93+pts.
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12/18/2013 - capacious Likes this wine: 93 Points
Early in its maturity with promise for probably well more than a decade ahead and another wonderful example of the vintage and a wonderful value and a reminder to go deep in such years in Bordeaux when so many producers make beautiful wines. It will be hard to keep my hands off - to delay gratification or to enjoy now? My New Years resolution will be to read my own notes and maybe to put hanger tags on our wines warning me to keep my fingers off them until ....
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12/14/2013 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
As before. Deep color. Toasty, blackcurrant and plums on the nose. Smooth, integrated oak, smokey, blackcurrant and black cherries. Good tannins still. A little spicy and flowery. Drinking well now but will last for at least five more years.
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11/17/2013 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lovely nose of cedar, tobacco, and leather along with stoned fruit, more of the same on the palate, very tasty and mouth filling, medium body, medium/long finish. Time to drink up.
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11/14/2013 - capacious Likes this wine: 91 Points
Early in its maturity. PNP. Would benefit from more patience
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9/30/2013 - AgedGed wrote: 84 Points
Barnyard characteristics on nose, lacking fruit, no mid palate strength, soft and lingering tannins rescued it somewhat but would not recommend.
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9/11/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 91 Points
Tasting older than its true age, this medium bodied, black cherry tobacco scented, earthy, soft wine is in its prime time, drinking window. The oak is not obtrusive. This is not a wine for long term again. No hurry to drink it, but I'd finish any bottles over the next 7-10 years.
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9/9/2013 - Average Wine Guy (MH) wrote: 90 Points
The 2000 Château Lascombes is medium(-) garnet in colour with a nose of iron, juicy dark cherries, sweet incense, fruit syrup and very slight underlying cedar woodiness. The initial entry is welcomed by sweetness of dark purple cherries, syrup, slight sour cherries and purple currants before progressing to sweet incense as the cedar and violet notes begin to be more profound.
Tannins are rather resolved with medium(-) acidity on an acceptable medium finish. Quite medium(-) body on the palate that might leave a "diluted" impression. Nonetheless, rather refined, gentle with a "Margaux elegance". The 2000 Château Lascombes is a blend of 58% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 7% Petit Verdot.
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9/6/2013 - kstoddard Likes this wine: 92 Points
G6 (Kevin): A backup wine to the corked 2000 Palmer. Dark ruby color. Deep black fruit nose. Tastes of blackberry, black cherry, and charred oak. Full bodied. Fruit forward complex finish with good freshness and acidity. No slouch but unfortunately this wine pales in comparison to the 1996 Margaux.
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8/24/2013 - ogres3 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drank with Rob - wine cellar almost done! Great waterfall and dispenser.
Deeper hues than many old world wines. Not too much barnyard - would have liked more. But, very nice muted fruit that accompanies food well - or could drink alone. Very good finish.
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8/4/2013 - capacious Likes this wine: 91 Points
Beginning to drink beautifully now although just beginning. Opened along with a 2008 Relic Scarpa -this strategy plus finishing a 2000 beaucastel from the night before gave the Lascombes enough time-this is a real value-it was up to the challenge of going with seared tuna, barbecued chicken, cheeses ...
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7/25/2013 - hackey37 Likes this wine: 93 Points
The color is dense garnet with hints of violet. The smells are leather, espresso, red berries, and earthy spices. The aromatics are potent! The tastes are dark cherry, blackberry, currant, espresso, earth, flowers, graphite, and anise. The tannins are fine and like sprinkled powder. The finish is long and tangy and this has nice complexity.
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7/20/2013 - Harry Cantrell Likes this wine: 93 Points
Garnet. Nose was sweet and perfumy/floral-along with the typical black fruits. Taste was quite impressive and longlasting. This is clearly the best Lascombes I've ever had.
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6/20/2013 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
As before but has evolved a bit further. Dense cassis and plum fruit with noticeable oak (but not distracting, well integrated). Will drink well for several more years.
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4/19/2013 - jdweis2000 Likes this wine: 92 Points
very nice wine. had a nice nose with some hint of tobacco and anise. very smooth and flavorful. very nice wine.
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3/28/2013 - thwacker Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark purple color, slight tawny on the rim; nose of rich cassis and dark cherry, with nuances of tobacco, cedar, spices and truffle. Silky tannins and fantastic balance and complexity, long finish. This is what we age Bordeaux for.
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3/5/2013 - vespasian Likes this wine: 92 Points
Bright ruby red with a little fade at the rim; good rich nose with ripe fruits more on the red spectrum, very well defined. Some complex herbal nuances also; good weight and concentration on the palate, smooth and silky but developing at a snails pace. A little heat on the finish but good potential here.
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2/23/2013 - steinersing wrote: 88 Points
a bit of coffee notes in the background starting to appear and generally good weight. but rather unexciting for a 2000 and a bit rustic
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2/7/2013 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
VinoLaprisco Tasting (Restaurant De Karpendonkse Hoeve *, Eindhoven, Netherlands): Quite powerful and extracted, black cherries, tannic and masculine style but with the required stuffing to back up the extraction, good length, slightly farmyardy. Not terribly charming but very competent.
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1/5/2013 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 91 Points
Perfect cork, perfect level. Double decanted for two hours. Impressive nose, quite deep and brooding, blackcurrants, gravel and cedar, more like a rich, classic Pauillac than a delicate Margaux, floral topnote, hint of volatility; on the palate masculine, a bit foursquare even, with grainy tannins, dry but with good stuffing, dense and flavoursome, energetic, dark flavours; very good length. Not sure whether this will achieve greater harmony with further aging or whether it will just soften and eventually fade. No hurry obviously, but is there a real upside? Now-2020.
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12/22/2012 - JC Cab wrote: 92 Points
Initial nose of leather, tea and dried cherry. Once decanted and allowed to open up over 1+ hours, more dark fruit came forward along with violet notes. Medium body with dried cherry, dried plum, cassis and vanilla on the palate. Medium alcohol and medium plus finish. Well integrated and quite enjoyable.
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11/20/2012 - StlAndy wrote: 91 Points
Had this immediately after tasting the Longueville Pauillac which was a little unfair. This was a beautiful wine. Earthy nose very mild hints of chocolate. Overripe plum taste was mild with a sturdy finish but not overly so. I enjoyed it but this was overwhelmed by the bottle next to it.
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7/22/2012 - Andrewbdc wrote:
This really needs time to open up. Unfortunately I didn't have a decanter and it really needed it. Even leaving in the glass for a while didn't help that much. I'm going to forget about my remaining bottles for several years and see what happens. Don't feel comfortable rating it based on this tasting.
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7/21/2012 - Schiffy wrote: 92 Points
Must decant for at least two hours to fully enjoy this wine. However, once decanted, this Margaux has a wonderful blend of dark fruit, spice, cedar that is wonderfully integrated on the palate. The finish is silky smooth (after two hours) and drinks more like a first and second Bordeaux. The nose has a complex blend of mixed vegetables, cherry and cassis. Wonderfully complex and delcicious.
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7/12/2012 - rougeamore wrote: 89 Points
Decanted for several hours. Muted blueberry, black cherry and vanilla on the nose. Red fruit, fig on the palate. Medium bodied and still a little tight.
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7/7/2012 - rmcnees wrote: 91 Points
Medium-bodied, deep ruby/purple-colored, upon opening a huge bouquet of floral and perfume permeate the air - flavors of violet, blackberry, black currant, and black cherry fruits with a layer of vanilla and smooth polished tannins on a a long, berry, vanilla soft oak finish.
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6/24/2012 - JonnyG wrote: 92 Points
I should have decanted sooner than I managed but it was expressive from the first moment popped and never relented. Medium body, spice & cedar nose, impressive finish. Should improve for some years. Full disclosure: I am a partner with the former owner of Lascombes but not ITB.
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6/7/2012 - wallstreet wrote: 92 Points
Coming along very nicely. Enjoyed with a nice Veal Milanese. The wine has developed considerably and after about an hour of air, it put on some nice weight. This will improve over the next 10 years, but thoroughly enjoyable at the moment. Nice nose, good balanced mid-palate, decent, but not too long of a finish. I think it is a good value for the price. Highly recommended.
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3/24/2012 - MicklethePickle wrote: 90 Points
Dark color, took time to open. Minerally, flowery bouquet is quite nice. Lovely on the palate, smooth, rich,oak, dry, good grip with plenty of life ahead. Drinking well now though, too.Falls short of femininity and charming, too austere for that, but still tastes how Margaux should taste. 4-13-15-8: 90/100.
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2/15/2012 - Z1nnfull wrote: 91 Points
Slightly different experience than our 11/12/2011 experience.
Appearance: Deep red, with just a tawny tinge at the edges.
Nose: Spice, berry, leather.
Taste: Spice box, multiple berries, still some tannins, better than medium finish.
This is clearly mostly a Cab (55% Cab, 40% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot), and suprisingly - even after breathing for an hour and being aerated and decanted, it was still a little "tight", but a delicious and superb in your face Bordeaux that softened a little as the night went on.
This vintage clearly is just now hitting its peak. We have two more Y 2000 Bordeaux and we will wait a year or three to open them...and let them breathe eveb longer.
Matched well with a rubbed and marinated Bison steak and lobster tail.
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1/3/2012 - pdadams66 wrote: 91 Points
Brix on New Year's day. Decanted for an hour first (not long enough). Dense, meaty bordeaux. Still quite primary - oak and smoke combined with plummy and dark cherry fruit. Drinkable now but will get better over the next 5 or more years.
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12/9/2011 - unrelenting wrote: 93 Points
3hr decant - awesome mushroom and earth nose and palate. The slight Brett taste never disappated but still a very enjoyable quaff for what it is
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12/6/2011 - rickspicks wrote: 91 Points
Did not take notes, but it had lots of dark, ripe fruit with round edges and a super smooth, velvety texture. Medium body with nice balance with slightly drying tannins on the finish. Great match with a filet steak
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11/26/2011 - krispi wrote: 92 Points
Very good. My only bottle. Drinking well now, but still quite primary. Was fairly open straight of of the bottle. After two hours in decanter the nose was intense, combining dark berries and oak in a balanced way. Not many signs of tertiary aromas. The mouth was medium to full bodied with smooth tannins. Very well balanced. Good for 10-15 more years
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11/12/2011 - Z1nnfull wrote: 92 Points
Although still a little tight (young) , this wine is just coming into its own now. We let it breath for an hour and THEN decanted it through an aerator, which brought out the best in it. It started out with strong almond and black cherry/bramble berry tastes. The berry tastes stayed the entire time, but we got additional tastes of oak and mocha. It is quite tannic, even after 11 years, with a super long finish. We would describe this as a perfectly balanced medium to full-bodied wine , not overpowering, but elegant with a lot of finesse and complexity; not an "in your face" fruit bomb. It had a huge nose and the taste matched the nose completely throughout going through the entire bottle. While I have always held that Margaux is the most food friendly Bordeaux, we had it with a dish with a touch of mint, which was not a perfect match as it tended to neutralize the flavors a tad, that was my bad. We got around it by drinking it after the starch and veggie, which did the trick. This wine would easily age for another year or three. It sure was enjoyable and one of the best Bordeaux we have had in years. Drinkers of wine like this bottle need to understand these wines need to age, need to breathe, benefit from decanting and aerating. That will give you the best tasting result. This was a wine with a lot of miles on it for us. We moved it from Colorado to Arizona in 2002, and back to a different part of Colorado in 2009 - all done with loving care and it paid off. Believe I paid about $29 for this as a Bordeaux future in late 2001 or early 2002. I see prices for this currently between $72 and $100.
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9/22/2011 - OldSpec wrote: 89 Points
Unusual but not necessarily appealing aromatics (i.e., my wine smelled strange); decent tasting with noticeable tannins.
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9/7/2011 - jeff nowak wrote: 88 Points
12.5% alcohol. 50% cabernet, 45% merlot, 5% PV. not decanted, but you can, yet i wouldn't dally as this was out of gas after 3 hours in the glass with the drying tannin overtaking the fruit. in the first hour, i was smitten. fragrant nose with nice touches of leather and cooked chocolate, mild roasted beans; however, a bit chunky on the finish. i don't see the upside of cellaring.
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7/9/2011 - TAE wrote: 88 Points
Good nose, but very dry and not my kind of wine.
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6/9/2011 - edjBoca wrote: 91 Points
Solid and balanced after an hour open. Evolved slowly over the next hour. I can't believe how well balanced this medium weight Margaux blend has become. I think it will really open up in 3-5 years. 91+
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5/4/2011 - danielk168 wrote: 89 Points
Brought to a dinner with friends, opened for 30mins and drank from the bottle, nose of some fruit and minerals but rather light, body was medium and palate was quite smooth. Over an hour or so, developed some floral tones, bottle was finnished before further development was noticed. Can be drank now but probably a bit more time will benefit.
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4/9/2011 - otisabdul wrote: flawed
Corked
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4/8/2011 - Oskiwawa wrote: flawed
Corked
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3/29/2011 - ed-d wrote: 85 Points
Herbal tobacco leaf on the nose. Lean entry of herbal leather infused black currant flavors. Big acid wash on the finish. The fruit in this wine is starting to fade away while the acids cling on. Very disjointed. Tasted blind.
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11/14/2010 - 33 wrote:
Pas mal mais encore fermé. Attendre 2011?
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10/20/2010 - wbfjsr wrote: 89 Points
Poured into decanet and immediatley drank (over 4 hours). Faint nose of cedar, worn leather and dusty red fruit. The body was lacking a bit, but it was well structured and stood up to my steak. After 3 hours it really did start to show a bit more fruit on the nose and was a bit more friendly. I will wait a few years to drink the other two and see what happens. Not a bad bottle, but not what I was hoping for.
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9/6/2010 - Tubbs wrote: 94 Points
This is a stellar wine that should not be opened for at least 5 more years. It's very complete with a palate that is slightly stronger than the nose at this point. Very smooth, great texture, good structure and weight with a nice long finish.
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8/31/2010 - ADiamond Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rich chocolate, dark fruit and tobacco. Body and finish were smooth/medium. incredible right now, will get better with age.
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8/14/2010 - Todd French wrote: 92 Points
This Bordeaux is in a very nice early stage of its secondary development - beautiful tobacco and graphite combined with the red fruits on the nose - a classic Bordeaux scent profile. Rich and silky mouthfeel, long and generous finish. Need a bit of air, but it still fresh, so with it's approachability now, it does seem to be in its 'right' space for a somewhat early enjoyment. No regrets opening it when we did
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5/28/2010 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 93 Points
This wine was presented as an unknown at a Margaux theme tasting. The bottle was double-decanted (moderate sediment) and allowed one hour in decanter prior to funneling back into the cleaned bottle. The wine was then re-decanted and serially tasted over three hours. My tasting was unblinded. Opaque purple/ruby. The nose is quite intense and attractive, with aromas of tar, black currants, smoke and underbrush. Full-bodied on the palate, with low-to-medium acidity, generous sweet tannins and ripe black fruit and mineral flavors. The middle palate is full and the finish is long and smooth. This is another 2000 star! It has the stuffing to further improve, and should drink nicely for many years thereafter. Drink 1/13-12/30.
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4/28/2010 - cabber wrote: 94 Points
Very earthy nose, some might find barn-yardy, but I rather liked. Rich chocolate, dark fruit and complexity. medium body and finish. very nice now and hopefully will improve.
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4/24/2010 - rickspicks wrote: 92 Points
Aromas of very dark berry with hints of licorice and earth. Rich, ripe, concentrated dark fruit flavors with a smokey component. Good structure, but also with round edges and a nice fruity finish. This is much more new world in style than I expected as it is rather fruit forward and has a very rich texture. If tasted blind, I would have guessed it for a California meritage with a high % of merlot.
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3/23/2010 - hargy wrote: 91 Points
deep red almost crimson - lovely deep bouquet - just coming out of its shell but just so delicious - very margaux - drink now or keep
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2/21/2010 - austinwinesalon wrote:
Definitive Bordeaux (Mirabelle Restaurant Austin, Texas): This wine was a bit controversial: some tasters thought it too barnyard, bitter, coffee grounds, and dirty dishwater; others thought it chocolate, mineral, elegant, good fruit, and plummy. That's a broad spectrum to dissect. The Lascombes was the most forward in this flight of 2000's, and its tannins were more bitter than the Pichon Lalande an fell short on the finish. For the Burgundians it was a favorite, with berry on the nose, pencil shavings, elegance, silkiness, and medium length--yes, margaux might be the favorite bdx appellation of pinot-philes. For the bordeaux-philes, the lascombes fell short in this flight of supers.
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1/31/2010 - shk5157 wrote: 89 Points
little light on fruit, even for an old world wine. Not sure it will improve any more with time.
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1/30/2010 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Paired with Rauzan-Gassies 2000. More modern style than the Rauzan, darker fruit, more marked by the oak, slightly bigger tannins, dense. Good length, tea and pebbles. Needs time, five years at least.
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1/23/2010 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points
Regular dinner group (@ CdW Bordeaux 2000 vs 2001.): A lot of dark cassis, and even though the wine had 5+ hours of air in the bouquet and on the palate it was still locked. There is firm acidity and bitterness. Rustic wine that needs another 3+ years of cellaring.
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11/13/2009 - Whinojb wrote: 90 Points
Dark and deep color. Nose of earth and mushroom with slight hints of cinnamon and mint. Fruits showed dark fruits, stewed plums-perhaps a hint of licorice. Tobacco on palate - medium finish- decent mouthfeel.
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11/7/2009 - Bunbury wrote: 91 Points
This was really very good after an our or two open. Tobacco, leather and blackberry come through beautifully. Tannis are firm, but this is drinking very well now.
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10/8/2009 - RR47 wrote: 90 Points
Dark red. Upon opening, earthy and a little plum. After an hour it opened to licorice and dark fruit with a hint of spices. Better yet after another hour as the tannins softened. Great with a beef filet.
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10/4/2009 - rjayson wrote: 90 Points
drinking very well now. Terrific boquet upon opening. Perfect with strip steak.
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9/21/2009 - Vitisvinifera wrote: 93 Points
Complex nose of coffee, dark cherry, some farmyard. Medium length. A great drink.
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8/13/2009 - stevenjstein wrote: 91 Points
Drinking very nicely.
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8/11/2009 - greenblanket wrote:
This elegant and restrained Margaux was brought up from the cellar to set the stage for a 96 Petrus. Still young and tannic it is starting to deliver floral and black fruit notes along with dark herbs and some hints of minerality. It has super texture and length. Delicious right now with considerable room for improvement.
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7/20/2009 - Gob wrote: 90 Points
Elegent Margeaux, drinking superbly well
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6/2/2009 - bwaverley wrote: 92 Points
Upon opening, the bouquet was predominantly earth, red meat and subtle spice. After an hour of decanting, tobacco and dark fruits emerged. The finish was a bit short reinforcing spices and tobacco and eventually, dark currants.
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5/19/2009 - DAN BAILEY wrote:
Deep purple, sombre colour. Classically cool, soft, plummy nose. Cool, dark fruited palate with some cedar there as well. Still tight on the mid palate but nice, refined tannins. With air the oak/pain grille notes begin to take over and the attack becomes sharper/more acidic as the wine closes up.
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5/17/2009 - Nanks wrote: 89 Points
A wasted bottle. Far too young. Good nose and purple fruit with relatively harsh tannins. Had i not known the vintage i would have placed it 2006/2007. Maybe it was too cold ? Going to leave this well alone for another 3 years at least and hope.
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5/9/2009 - amateurwino wrote: 91 Points
traditional Bordeaux flavors - a little dirt and funk mixed into a balanced but unexceptional palate
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4/14/2009 - bevetroppo wrote: 89 Points
Unlike my usual practice, I waited a good long while before coming to any sort of judgment about this. For the first hour and a half I just kind of sipped and enjoyed, because there certainly isn't anything about it that would lead one to say this isn't a very good wine. When I then attempted to apply my so-called critical faculties, I was surprised at the prominence of the toasty oak, and it kind of sent me back to a fleeting impression when I supposedly wasn't concentrating that this was either a really nice example of a restrained California cab or a ripe, modern execution of Bordeaux in search of New World appeal. There are pronounced cassis, mocha, and cedary notes, and it finishes with a soft Margaux-like profile. But it's also a tad nondescript, all of which is to say it falls short of being outstanding because it "needs a little bit o' soul to put it right."
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4/13/2009 - Neuman wrote: 92 Points
Classic margaux nose. 4th bottle of dinner.loved by all
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2/23/2009 - petrusncoke wrote: 91 Points
Dark, slightly translucent color. On the nose are lovely, seductive aromas of warm compost, roasted coffee, pencil shavings, red and blackcurrants, a hints of tobacco and new oak. The palate gives way to tart currants, tobacco, earth, and subtle hints of violets and mint. The tannins are still quite prominent, and though it is still enjoyable, I would not say that it is eminently drinkable --my guess is that the tannins need 2-4 years to soften before the wine exudes its full potential. Overall a very fine, balanced, complex, earthy wine that seemed to evoke Pauillac more than Margaux, but still at least, a sense of place and terroir.
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12/31/2008 - markjahnke wrote: 86 Points
Definitely think this wine is in a shut down phase right now, and wish we would have waited. Not much of anything even after a 2 plus hour decant. Would hold for another 5 years...
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9/15/2008 - hargy wrote:
Nice soft margaux bouquet and then ... nothing! I do hope that the others are right and this wine has simply "closed down"! Not rated
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7/7/2008 - socalkid wrote: 92 Points
Decanted for 2 hours - middle wine of the night, with steak. Beautiful earth, cedar and cassis that complemented the food very nicely. My favorite of the night. Could still be a little closed down, but is drinking fine now with many years to go.
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5/10/2008 - Squeeze wrote: 91 Points
Great length, medium bodied, tar and cedar notes, noticeable tannins, could use a little more bottle age, overall quite elegant, okay QPR
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4/26/2008 - Goldstone wrote: 89 Points
Drank with friends over Chinese dinner at Yin Yang Private Dining in Hong Kong. Decanted for 2 hours. Deep ruby translucent colour. Very attractive and opulent nose. Good fruit and structure with some depth but overall rather one-dimensional. Not much length. Good but not great.
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4/13/2008 - jeff nowak wrote: 86 Points
12.5% alcohol. decanted. residual tannin and leather notes belying it's young age. i don't think there is enough fruit to ever catch up. extremely dry on the rather short finish. disappointing.
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4/8/2008 - Oskiwawa wrote: 88 Points
Opened a second bottle after the first was corked. Purchased as a future and stored at 55C ever since arrival. Not much happening here. Decanted for 2 hours and then drank over the next two. Will wait a couple of more years and hope for better with the rest.
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2/7/2008 - jivey wrote: 88 Points
Plum, violets, cedar some leather. This bottle was kind of tiring to drink and the fruit seems to have become "soft". Hopefully it is shutting down...
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1/22/2008 - MichaelB wrote: 89 Points
not as nice as the last bottle. good cedar coming thru, blackcurrents, very elegant, nice wine.
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11/25/2007 - jameslilley wrote: 90 Points
smooth, decanted 3 hrs. not huge subtlety, but a winner nonetheless
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11/10/2007 - wineismylife wrote: 90 Points
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Tasted November 10, 2007 at an offline. Nose of leather, a bit bretty with some mocho and mixed berries. Flavors of mixed berries and cherries. Medium to high acidity, medium to firm tannins, medium body. Hold.
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11/1/2007 - kstoddard wrote: 88 Points
Nose of blackcurrant and toasty french oak. Tastes of blackberries, blackcurrant and violets. A bit on the bretty side for my tastes. Nicely balanced with lots of acidity. Not showing much complexity on the mid palate or finish to merit an outstanding score. This wine showed much better a year ago. Maybe it's shut down or going through a dumb phase. A solid Bordeaux nonetheless.
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7/7/2007 - jivey wrote: 86 Points
Some leather, cedar and simple plum flavors. Missing complexity and nuances to define what it is. Drank much better on release. Nothing here for me to think it will get any better. Have 4 tasting notes.
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5/13/2007 - J @ y H @ c k wrote: 89 Points
Jury still out. Five hour decant. Earthy nose, moderate round red and black fruit. Nice balance, easy to drink and no astringent tanins. Tanins mostly resolved and close to the start of the drinking window. I thought it might be tighter. This actually has a bit of Bdx band-aid. Not nearly as forward as a CA Bdx blend. Give this 2 years and it could get better.
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7/5/2006 - greenblanket wrote:
Tasted out of the brother in law's lousy stems. (How the hell did he get the Fred Flintstone decals off these crappy glasses?) This wine had intense black currents on the nose along with earth and a hard to distinguish floral note. I didn't get much cedar. The palate was velvety smooth with medium weight, black fruit, some licorice and smooth tannins. We should have let this open more. Lovely and refined.
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6/4/2006 - MichaelB wrote: 91 Points
This was really impressive.
there is a really nice cedar component that I really like.Good chewy fruit.Ready to drink now...notes of cassis, black fruits...
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10/5/2005 - MichaelB wrote: 90 Points
Medium depth of color. Almost new world on the nose, with cassis, violets, mint, and a hint of cedar. Fairly round and generous on the palate. Not as good as the Marquis De Terme I had in the last week as a comparison, but preety nice. This can be enjoyed now but will get better with more bottle age.
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4/5/2005 - repoper wrote: 89 Points
refined and perfumed. Lovely soft texture and the nose spills over the glass.
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9/7/2003 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 90 Points
Tasted unblinded at 2000 Bordeaux horizontal at the home of Marshall Banker. Bright disc. Opaque purple robe with violet rim. Clean nose, showing moderately intense aromas of currants, coffee, minerals, vanilla and cocoa. Full-bodied on the palate, with big, sweet tannins, low-to-medium acidity and similar flavors as for the nose. Good evolution to a medium, smooth finish.
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4/11/2003 - La Cave d'Argent wrote: 93 Points
Tasted blind with the Friday tasting group at Vintage Wines, Ltd. Bottle purchased the same day and presented by Mike Christensen. Bright disc. Opaque purple with violet rim. Clean nose, showing currants, coffee, cola and cocoa. Full-bodied on the palate, with ample sweet tannins. Long finish. Very nice, well-structured wine. More up-front fruit than most 2000s. This is one worth adding to the cellar.
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