chateau lascombes 2eme cru classe margaux

Château Lascombes

Château Lascombes, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux, 2022

Name: Château Lascombes, 2ème Cru Classé, Margaux
Brand: Château Lascombes
Price: 373 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

94/100

The Wine Independent

90/100

Vinous

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2022
6x75cl
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£373.00

Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

This is a Margaux chateau we haven't much cared for in recent times. The wines seem to be soupy and over-worked. Axel Heinz, the long-time winemaker at Ornellaia and Masseto has just become the head winemaker, following the sale to Lawrence Wine Estates, so it may be a chateau to follow in the future. Back to the 2022, this is clearly full-throttle winemaking. Seriously concentrated, packed with inky black fruit, but less thick than previous vintages. There is also some freshness. Maybe a step in the right direction...

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Critic Reviews

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

Lascombes is a vintage over the past few decades that has shown the heat in the hottest vintages, but while this is exuberant, it is well balanced with cassis, damson, cocoa bean, fennel, liquorice bud, peony and crushed rocks. Has clearly improved over ageing, which is rare in 2022. One to watch, especially with the changes that they have in mind. Good stuff. Lawrence Wine Estates owners, with Axel Heinz director, who did the blend for this vintage, but was not at the estate during the growing season.

drinking window 2028 - 2042

date of review 03/2025

90/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2022 Lascombes was difficult to pin down in barrel. Now in bottle, it seems to have settled down a little, although I find a little warmth commingling with the black cherry, iodine and cassis aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with a bold, ripe entry and peppery finish. This is a powerful Margaux, leaning more toward the exotic side than its peers. It's not bad, though my preference lies with the ensuing vintage.

drinking window 2027 - 2045

date of review 02/2025

94/100

Jane Anson,

The Wine Independent

Excellent quality, a delicious wine majoring on blackberry and spiced plum, with the increased Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend pulling its weight in terms of depth of flavour. Brambled fruit dominates, with a hedgerow character that adds welcome freshness and acidity in such an exuberant year, coupled with layers of black chocolate, fennel, liqourice, violet and slate. 60% new oak. The only one in the lineup blended by Axel Heinz, working alongside technical director Delphine Barboux (but the 2023 vintage will be the first one with Heinz present during growing season also). Harvest September 7 to 27 reflective of a hot and dry year. The percentage of 1st wine from the 120ha estate down to 40% in this vintage, reflective of the new direction taken by Lawrence Wine Estates. Julien Viaud consultant.

drinking window 2032 - 2048

date of review 11/2023

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