Lascombes Vintage:2012 it needs another 5 years

it needs another 5 years or so in the cellar

with a good lashing of sweet vanillin oak

and exceptionally lengthy

and very difficult for me to taste without passion

Cola-like notes complicate aromas of black cherry

Lascombes Vintage:2012 it needs another 5 yearsFar less impressive after bottling than it was from cask, this wine is now a candidate for drying out given its hollow middle and hard, austere, angular finish. The color is medium ruby, the wine has moderate weight and sweet fruit in the nose and on the attack, but it closes down to reveal a tart, spartan personality. Anticipated maturity, 2000 2008. Neither the 1995 nor 1996 performed as well as they had in the past, both suffering from hard tannin,