1989 Lascombes
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Tasting notes
Tasting notes
Score 87/100 · Wine Spectator
At its peak now. Lots of dried cherry and ripe berry aromas. Full-bodied and round textured, with a tobacco, cedar and leather aftertaste.-1989 Bordeaux horizontal. Drink now. James Suckling,Wine Spectator 1999
Critic scores
Critic scores
86
86/100
Average Score
87
87/100
Wine Spectator
85
85/100
Robert Parker
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85 points
Robert Parker
Score 85/100 · Robert Parker
Lascombes' 1989 has an aroma of roasted peanuts. A muscular, tannic wine, it exhibits a powerful, rich, alcoholic finish. I would not be surprised to see this wine turn out much better than my rating. Anticipated maturity: Now-2002. Feb 1993, www.robertparker.com
About the producer

Lascombes
With vines spread across 40 different parcels throughout the appellation, Ch. Lascombes is one of the most fragmented but also largest Médoc estates, with 120 hectares of vines, now owned by the MACSF insurance company.