WTN: Las' Call

[Jenise]

2000 Château Lascombes Margaux Red Bordeaux Blend
Fourth bottle opened of six purchased over a decade ago, and each has been a major disappointment. No fruit, parched tannins, astringent finish--every damned one of them. Other reports on CT indicate I'm not alone in this finding (I believe our Dale W sounded the first alarm I saw), yet some people have had good bottles. But after four baddies it's probably safe to presume mine came from a bad lot and the 'to do' at this point is get them out of the cellar, get them off my inventory, and feed them to the rhododendrons.

[David M. Bueker]

The "good" bottles of 2000 Lascombes are likely from people who happen to appreciate the over-extracted, over-wooded style of modern Lascombes. I bet a "good" bottle would still disappoint you.

Yes, modern Lascombes can be depressing. Of course, not sure I've ever had a great Lascombes from any era ('61 was pretty good). I have a '59 in the Betsy Bday collection, we'll see.

[Jenise]

The "good" bottles of 2000 Lascombes are likely from people who happen to appreciate the over-extracted, over-wooded style of modern Lascombes. I bet a "good" bottle would still disappoint you.

Probably true, dat. But one of the good recent reviews was by a very capable reviewer called ZWEDER, who clearly had a good bottle even if stylistically it wasn't in his lane.