JAMES SUCKLING: "Immediate depth to the aromas of dark cherries, plums and blackberries with subtly spicy and cedary oak amid stony, minerally accents. The palate has immense depth and presence without relying on brute force. This is all about charm and fluidity. Superb wine. Try from 2023."

ROBERT PARKER - THE WINE ADVOCATE: "Medium to deep garnet-purple in color, the 2015 Lascombes has a beautiful nose of black forest cake, violets, cassis and tilled soil with wafts of garrigue and potpourri. Medium-bodied, very fine and elegant with great intensity of restrained, earthy flavors, it has a long, savory finish. - Lisa Perrotti-Brown"

WINE SPECTATOR: "Enticing, with a light mulled spice note moving amid the red and black currant fruit, while flashes of bramble, alder, juniper and tobacco skitter through. Reserved but lengthy in feel through the finish, with latent grip and a smoldering tobacco detail. Best from 2030 through 2032. - James Molesworth"

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, süße Gewürze, dunkles Waldbeerkonfit, noch etwas verschlossen. Süß, gute Komplexität, schokoladiger Touch, tragende Tannine, etwas zu säurearm, um als finessenreich gelten zu können, trocknet im Finale tendenziell etwas aus. - Peter Moser"