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Château Lascombes Margaux Red 2016

Château Lascombes Margaux Red 2016

€144,90
€144,90
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The nose is fine, elegant, and seductive and offers a fine concentration of aromas, with everything in balance. Blackberry, coffee, and fine notes of red berry fruit come through together with touches of liquorice stick, mocha, spices, as well as discreet hints of cardamom. The palate is elegant, suave, and round and offers flesh, nice definition, precision, minerality, tension, lovely harmony, depth of flavour as well as fine acidity. Notes of fresh blackberry, juicy blackcurrant, and subtle raspberry hints, together with notes of red berries/fresh redcurrants as well as a touch of toasted bread and mocha/chocolate.
  • Château Lascombes
  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • 2016
  • Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Petit Verdot
  • Gravel, clay and sandy soils.
  • The wine is vinified in a combination of wood and stainless-steel vats. 4 months ageing on the lees.
  • Aged in 70% new barrels for 18 months.
  • 75cl
  • 13,50%
  • 16ºC - 18ºC
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The story

Chateau Lascombes was classified second growth of Margaux in the 1855 classification. It bears its name of its first owner, Chevalier Antoine de Lascombes, born in 1625. The existing chateau was built in 1867 after its acquisition by barrister Chaix d’Est Ange. Alexis Lichine took over the property in 1952. He completely restructured Château Lascombes and renovated the vineyard and cellars. In 1971, he sold everything to the English brewer Bass-Charrington. In April 2001, Chateau Lascombes was bought by Colony Capital who undertook important restructuration works, reduced significantly the yields and introduced vats made of French oak.

Combining power and elegance, smoothness and tannins, Château Lascombes is a wine of great complexity. In its youth, its depth of colour never fails to impress. Finesse and softness on the palate are complemented by stylish, fine-grained tannins. Château Lascombes should be enjoyed as it ages over the years to enable full appreciation of its aromatic complexity and the development of its ever-more suave structure in bottle.

Source: Château Lascombes website