Another brilliant effort from this estate the 2004 Lascombes (a blend of 50% Merlot 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot) exhibits a deep blue/purple hue along with a sweet perfume of blueberries black raspberries cherries incense smoke and spring flowers. While opulent underneath the full-bodied richness of fruit and depth is a structured wine. As it sits in the glass an espresso roast character (no doubt from new oak) also emerges. Enjoy this pure structured fleshy beauty between 2010-2025.

Vibrant plum purple colour, an impressive 2004 that has plenty of structure and tannic heft even as it approaches 20 years old, and you can see at this point that a more muscular style of Lascombes was being produced compared to the earlier decades of this vertical. Silky texture, blueberry, pie crust, liqourice root, mint leaf, soot, cocoa bean, with pockets of air that carry you through the palate. An enjoyable example of an often overlooked vintage. 44hl/h yield, harvest October 1 to 25, 85% new oak for ageing, still Oxoline with ageing on the lees. Dominique Befve director, Alain Raynaud and Michel Rolland consultant winemakers.