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."

FALSTAFF: "Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung, zart floral unterlegte schwarze Beerenfrucht, nach Brombeeren, Cassis und Lakritze, kandierte Orangenzesten. Komplex, stoffig, elegante Textur, feine, seidige Tannine, schokoladig und anhaltend, sehr balanciert, gute Länge, sicheres Reifepotenzial."