2005 Lascombes, Margaux
SKU #1035723
94 points
Wine & Spirits
A joyous Lascombes, this is the first vintage to hit stride since the US investment firm Colony Capital took over in 2001. It's a meaty wine draped in fragrant tannin, built for long aging. It's also an exuberant wine, in both the bright, red currant-scented fruit and the bristle of the tannin. A playfully complex flavor lasts for minutes, the wine still youthful and fresh four days after it was opened. Margaux chic.
(3/2008)
93 points
Connoisseurs Guide
This well-filled, impeccably balanced wine starts with aromas of cherries, sweet berries, tobacco leaves, rose petals, vanilla bean oak and black walnuts. Its lushness is more reminiscent of what we are finding from the St. Juliens (reviewed below) than of the Margaux set, and in that regard, Lascombes comes up a bigtime success in this vintage. Its flavors have a 'drink me now' quality but its underlying tannins speak to its ability to age, and there is every reason to expect more than a decade of growth.
(3/2008)
93 points
Wine Spectator
Dark in color, with an impressive nose of licorice, toasty oak, chocolate and blackberry. Full-bodied, with silky tannins and a long, caressing finish. Very pretty and structured. (JS)
(3/2008)
91 points
Wine Enthusiast
Lascombes is approaching the form its status as a second growth suggests. This wine is close, packed with dark fruits, figs and juicy black currant extract. The aftertaste has some bitterness, with layers of toast and spice coming through strongly. (RV)
(6/2008)
