WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 898; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 866. The average score for Château Lascombes is 867, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Lascombes they use words like Ripe, Fruit, Full, Rich, Flowers, Tannins, Dark, Black, Oak, Dreadful, Sweet, Impressive, Dense, Depth, Blueberry. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Lascombes: Sourness, Rusty, Marmalade, Peel, Orange, Candied, Extravagant, Concentrated, Violets, Meats. The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). It normally takes wines from Château Lascombes around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 16 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Brane-Cantenac 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lascombes 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
60 |