1998 Lascombes
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Score 83/100 · Drink 2001-2013, Robert Parker, Apr 2001
The light-styled 1998 Lascombes offers sweet cherry fruit intermixed with cedar, spice box, and dried herbs. Although it lacks depth, this offering is symmetrical, well-balanced, and elegant. Enjoy it over the next 10-12 years.
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83
83/100
Robert Parker
83
83/100
Robert Parker
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Robert Parker
Score 83/100 · Robert Parker
The light-styled 1998 Lascombes offers sweet cherry fruit intermixed with cedar, spice box, and dried herbs. Although it lacks depth, this offering is symmetrical, well-balanced, and elegant. Enjoy it over the next 10-12 years. Apr 2001, www.robertparker.com
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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.