2010 Lascombes
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Tasting Notes
Not much of a charmer this year. Very concentratedand lacking the silky fruit of the best 2010s. Seems really dry. Perhaps with time this will come around but right now it's a bit brutal
Critic Scores
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Jeannie Cho Lee MW
Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider
More reviews and scores
The deep ruby purple 2010 Lascombes has notes of plums, blackberries, cedar and cassis, and has a palate packed with ripe fruits. This thick, dense and ripe wine is the only 2010 Margaux I tasted where I felt like reaching for a fork and knife. Enjoy it as a full bodied Bordeaux, made in a modern way with plenty of extraction and polish. asianpalate.com
Lascombes was one of the few estates in the Medoc to use more Merlot in their blend than they included in 2009. With a blend of 55% Merlot, 40% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, the wine is deep ruby with blue, purple accents. On the nose, violets, oak, cassis and forest floor aromas are easy to find. Concentrated with ripe fruit, cassis, tannin and wood, this plush textured, tannic wine, finishes with chocolate, cassis and coffee flavors. winecellarinsider.com
Impressive start, with lots of polished and silky tannins here, and an enticing depth of fruit and a caressing finish. Slightly one-dimensional. jamessuckling.com
About the producer
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.