Chateau Lascombes 1981

Château Lascombes
Château Lascombes, a 2emé Cru Classé property is one of the largest estates in the Médoc and probably the most
fragmented, with around 40 or so different parcels of vines spread throughout the Margaux appellation. It was
owned between 1951 and 1971 by Alexis Lichine and was owned by Bass until the 2001. Bass Charrington sold
Chateau Lascombes to the American company Colony Capital in 2001.
Colony Capital have invested heavily in the property and in particular have installed a state-of-the-art, stainless
steel cuvier. The blend at Lascombes is made up of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot,
and the wine is aged in oak barriques (60% new) for 18 months. Lascombes produces elegant, well-balanced
clarets, rich in succulent creamy blackcurrant fruits, which gain further complexity and depth with ageing.

Tastingnotes Jeroboam 1981.

The cork was in a good condition. I open up the 5 liter Bottle 30 min. beforehand, but this size need in the minimung 4 to 5 hours.
In the beginning the Lascombes shows a spicy and masculin. Not very straight forward. Very fine and aromatic. Red fruit and morelles and a earthy nose as well.
The power and meaty notes were tasted after 2 hours and the wines shows their classy condition.

Vintage Notes 2000
Rumours had been emanating from Bordeaux since the first Merlot grape was plucked from the vine back in mid
September. Whispers from some quarters, great proclamations from others, all unanimous that 2000 was going to
be something quite special.The weather leading up to the harvest had been perfect and from mid-July to
mid-September there was virtually no rain at all. The fine weather continued through to the end of the Cabernet
Sauvignon harvest in mid-October with only one day of rain to refresh the vines and momentarily worry the
vignerons.
Across the board the wines boast ripe succulent fruit and fine, firm, tannins, with many displaying the structure,
depth and length that mark out truly great claret. The wonderful late summer weather seems to have truly, great
claret. The wonderful late summer weather seems to have given the Médoc the edge, producing marginally more
complex wines. Nevertheleless the best of St. Emilion and Pomerol have provided some of the very finest wines of
the whole vintage.