Chateau Lascombes 2000

THE WINE CELLAR INSIDER: "Tasting older than its true age, this medium bodied, black cherry tobacco scented, earthy, soft wine is in its prime time, drinking window. The oak is not obtrusive. This is not a wine for long term again. No hurry to drink it, but I'd finish any bottles over the next 7-10 years."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The first of a succession of brilliant wines that have emerged from this previously moribund estate over the last decade, the fully mature 2000 Lascombes is an outstanding effort. Notes of cedarwood, roasted herbs, incense, black cherries, and currants emerge from this medium-bodied, evolved Margaux. Consume it over the next 7-8 years."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe. Zunächst zart flüchtiger Touch, reife Beerenfrucht, mit zartem Nougat unterlegt. Frische Textur, elegant, tragfähige Tannine, reife Kirschenfrucht, noch etwas hart, Weichselfrucht im Abgang, salzige Mineralik im Rückgeschmack."