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Vintage | Wine 1970 |
Classification | Médoc - 2ème Cru Classé |
Region | Bordeaux |
Appellation | Margaux |
Colour | Red |
Volume | 0.75 l |
Country | France |
Château | Château Lascombes |
Country | France |
The Château Lascombes is a vineyard located in Margaux in Gironde. AOC Medoc, it is ranked second cru classé in Médoc wine official Classification of 1855 Bordeaux.
The 50 hectares of vineyard Chateau Lascombes (55% Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc 5%, 35% Merlot and Petit Verdot 5%) benefit from deep gravel soils. Chateau Lascombes the field, practice every year, green harvesting, to improve the quality of wine, getting more concentration. Chateau Lascombes : Vinification in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, malolactic fermentation in barrels of Merlot. Ageing for 18 months in new oak barrels and 60%, egg white fining.
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CHÂTEAU PETIT FAURIE DE SOUTARD 1970
Saint Emilion
Not my favourite chateau but five good notes, rich, fleshy. Touch of coarseness noted in 1994 but showing quite well at a pre-sale tasting: deep; fragrant; ripe, full-bodied, good fruit, pretty well-balanced.
The fully mature 1970 is a fine example of Lascombes--darkly colored, ripe, full bodied, richly fruity, and fleshy. It is a spicy, fragrant, and altogether satisfying mouthful of amply endowed wine.