2015 Château Lascombes

Community Tasting Notes (45) Avg Score: 92.1 points

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  4/27/2024 - JChan wrote: 92 Points

  Drank a half bt with ee. Good nose with classic black fruits, medium to full bodied, very silky with long finish, even better after 2 hrs. Too young, suggest to keep at least 3 more years.

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  2/6/2024 - BordeauxBoy Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened a second bottle a couple days later to confirm my first impressions. This wine seems to have come through the dumb phase well and it's open for business for young Bordeaux drinkers. 3 hour decant and tasted over the next 2 hrs. with friends. Beautiful young dark fruit with the beginning of some secondary flavors. Nice terroir as well. Tannins still loom large but not bitter or overpowering. Never known Lascombes to be as ageable as other Margaux wines so I'll drink my last 4 bottles 5-10 years from now.

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  2/4/2024 - BordeauxBoy Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Opened for 4 hours but did not decant before drinking and it got even better as the evening went on. Nice dark fruit, a little more savory than sweet. The limited terroir characteristic keeps this from scoring higher but can definitely tell it's a nice young left bank bordeaux. Expect this to go another 10+ years at a high level.

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  1/27/2024 - tmoritz1 wrote: 92 Points

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  8/26/2023 - COWineLover wrote: 90 Points

  First ever bottle of Lascombes. Historically I felt this commanded a premium price relative to the unimpressed and diverse CT user universe. However, with a goal of drinking all 1855 classifications in my lifetime, a 2015 Lascombes seemed to be the safest bet (and the most reasonable relative price) of vintages in the last 15 years or so.
  
  Opened and poured a glass to breath about 90 minutes before consumption. I found this aromatically shallow - though this had a limited array of cassis and chocolate. The aromas were most prominent on opening and seemed to fade over time. On the palate this was a bit more generous with cassis, coffee, and smoke. The tannins were not obtrusive, and the acidity struck a reasonable balance overall. I was intently focused on trying to discern more nuance or complexity, but really could not identify anything beyond standardized aromas and palate impressions. Perhaps the remainder of the bottle on day 2 will change my view and if so I will update the note accordingly.
  
  Generally I found nothing out of place, but likewise nothing noteworthy. As the time wore on the bottle seemed to lose more vigor. This bottle confirmed my bias the tariff (US$85) is better spent on the vast array of wines that are not in the 1855 classification, or on those in the 1855 classification that have continually focused on improving their wines. A fair tasting experience. However, based on my bottle experience the Lascombes was not compelling enough to drive my exploration into other vintages.
  
  I have consumed a number of bottles of 2015 Chateau d’Issan (including a bottle in the last two weeks) and have consistently found that wine (same vintage and appellation) to be a superior tasting experience compared with this bottle of Lascombes. I have three more bottles along with many other 2015 Margaux appellation wines and will wait another 2-3 years to revisit and calibrate the Lascombes against the other 2015’s.

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