WTN: 2000 Château Lascombes (Margaux)

[David M. Bueker]

2000 Château Lascombes - France, Bordeaux, Médoc, Margaux (6/25/2015)
Served blind this was immediately identifiable as Cabernet-based Bordeaux. It still showed relatively young, with plentiful, well-mannered dark fruit, and substantial tannin. That being said it was quite drinkable, and would have been just fine with a meal. It showed well with some of the meats/cheeses. The overall balance was very good, boding well for further aging. I ended up guessing 2000 Bordeaux (I was severely humbled on some later guesses), and very pleased to see the reveal of Lascombes from back when it was still wine instead of a wine-like substance.

If this is a good data point on 2000 Bordeaux then I am pleased with their evolution. More time is warranted, but they can be enjoyed now.

[Jenise]

Good news; I have that wine. Thanks for the progress report!

I had the 2000 Ch Gigault Cuvee Viva back in December and it was astoundingly young for a lesser chateau, has a good 10 years ahead. Not planning on trying my first bottle of Pontet Canet for maybe another 5 years.

The 2005 Lascombes is incredible.

[David M. Bueker]

I will mostly play hands off 2000 Bordeaux as well. I do have some smaller, right bank wines that will get consumed in the next 5 years or so, but the left bankers will remain largely untouched for a few more years.

As for 2005 Lascomes...glad you like it Ryan.

As for 2005 Lascomes...glad you like it Ryan.

Do you not? I found it to be a classic, textbook Margaux, with all of 2005's virtues.

[David M. Bueker]

Too ripe. Too rich for my taste.

Too ripe. Too rich for my taste.

Not the wine I experienced, but there is perhaps a simple explanation for that - the bottle I tasted from had simply been recorked and had the chance to slow breath overnight. So it may be that any overripe fruit had broken up to reveal more classical musculature. Which is quite fascinating actually; you might recall that a similar thing happened with that 2003 Kirwan you sent my way.