Château Lascombes, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux
    Château Lascombes

    Château Lascombes, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2000

    94/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    90/100
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    87-90/100
    Vinous
    Available Vintages
    Broking
    1. 2000

      12x75cl

      DP

      £975.88

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    Critic Reviews

    94/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Plum-purple in colour, and once again a controlled freshness is on display, as has been the case in all of these older vintages. Significantly darker than the others tasted so far, just 10 years between this and the 1990 but the colour difference is far greater than between 1970 and 1990. Impressive wine, with plenty of balance, still relatively young, with none of the tertiary characeristics that you find in the older wines. Here instead you get cassis bud, grilled toast, tobacco, blackberry and blackcurrant, with curling edges of campfire and crayon, plenty of Left Bank signature. Lacks a little weight through the mid palate which turns into rigidity on the final moments, but this is enjoyable. 65% new oak (the last year when it sits at around this level until 2017). Bruno le Moine technical director. At this point they had routinely stopped including Cabernet Franc in the blend of the 1st wine.
    drinking window 2023 - 2040
    date of review 11/2023
    90/100
    Robert Parker,
    Robert Parker Wine Advocate
    The first of a succession of brilliant wines that have emerged from this previously moribund estate over the last decade, the fully mature 2000 Lascombes is an outstanding effort. Notes of cedarwood, roasted herbs, incense, black cherries, and currants emerge from this medium-bodied, evolved Margaux. Consume it over the next 7-8 years.
    drinking window 2010 - 2018
    date of review 06/2010
    87-90/100
    Stephen Tanzer,
    Vinous
    Bright, deep ruby. Sappy aromas of blackberry, violet and espresso. Slightly medicinal but sweet flavors of boysenberry and blackberry. Has a firm spine. This will ultimately merit a score at the higher end of my range if the slightly gritty tannins are refined during elevage Under the direction of Alain Raynaud, the new American owners of this huge chateau did a strict selection of the best barrels for their 2000 grand vin
    date of review 05/2001

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Margaux
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    12.5%

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