2023 Lascombes
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A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 37% Merlot, and 3% Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc aged 18 months in 60-70% new barrels, foudres, and amphorae, the 2023 Château Lascombes is an incredibly classy, serious Margaux with darker fruits, spicy wood, dried flowers, and chocolate-driven aromatics. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it has ripe, polished tannins, beautiful purity and balance, and a great finish. This is the first year where Axel had full control, and this wine is brilliantly done. It will keep for 30 years. Drink 2029-2056.
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James Suckling
William Kelley, Wine Advocate
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The 2023 Lascombes is an incredibly classy, elegant wine. Lifted, deep aromatics make a strong first impression. Crushed flowers, mint, bright red-toned fruit, chalk and mint are beautifully delineated. This is such an elegant, refined, dynamic Lascombes. The 2023 is pure and total sensuality—a wine that very clearly opens a new chapter for this second growth.
The 2023 Lascombes, which was bottled June 2025, was raised in barrels, foudres and, for the first time, amphora. This has a delightful bouquet that is very different from the wines that precede Axel Heinz's arrival. Nicely detailed, fresh and floral (peony and violet), it unfolds gracefully in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with sapid red fruit, finely detailed tannins, admirable symmetry with quite a minerally finish. This is a classy Lascombes that continues its move away from the more bombastic style of the previous decade.
About the producer
With vines spread across 40 different parcels throughout the appellation, Ch. Lascombes is one of the most fragmented but also largest Médoc estates, with 120 hectares of vines, now owned by the MACSF insurance company.