Château Lascombes 2025
Margaux 2eme Grand Cru Classe
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£265.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: Red | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: |
| Organic: | Drink from: 2035 |
| Biodynamic: | Drink to: 2055 |
| Grapes: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 3% Cabernet Franc, 2% Petit Verdot | |
Critic scores
92-94 RP, 93-95 NM, 95-97 AG, 96-97 JS, 95-97 JD, 95-97 LPB, 96 JA, 96 DC, 96-98 DB
Critic reviews
"A blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot and 5% Cabernet France and Petit Verdot, the 2025 Lascombes unwinds in the glass with notes of inky berries, pencil shavings and a subtle hint of violet. Medium- to full-bodied, dense and concentrated, with a layered, muscular profile and ripe tannins that assert themselves on the finish, its broad shoulders are derived from low yields (25 hectoliters per hectare) rather than extraction, as Heinz and his team capped fermentation temperatures at 25 degrees Celsius and handled the wines gently after alcoholic fermentation was complete."
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Lascombes was cropped at 25 hl/ha between 8 and 25 September. This has a focused and quite opulent bouquet, but everything is very well controlled, as if there is a tight leash on the aromatics of black plum, iodine and violets. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins on the entry that counter the density of black fruit. Really impressive minéralité in this Margaux with a pleasing strictness towards the almost Pauillac-like finish. This certainly bears the signature of winemaker Axel Heinz, much more precise and tensile compared with vintages a decade ago."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Lascombes marks another hugely important step forward for this reborn château. Silky yet quite powerful, the 2025 is seamless in the glass. Dark Cabernet Sauvignon fruit opens first, followed by hints of graphite, new leather, incense, tobacco and scorched earth. The long, sculpted finish is dramatic in its beauty, shaped by clean mineral notes and refined, persistent tannins. This is truly impressive, and Axel Heinz's best Lascombes yet. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Rich, powerful, deep vivid plum colours, totally love the slate scrape texture here, and curling violet and iris flowers. As is so often the case this year, the wines need to take a beat before the creaminess and cherry pit steps in, love the interplay of gunsmoke and spice. Smooth and silky tannins, good quality with plenty of berry fruits, this has a beautiful balance. 25hl/ha Harvest September 8 to 25. 25hl/ha. Here they chose to prioritise the aromatics for picking and you feel it, but also get that slate texture that brings you to the Médoc. Yield 25 hl/ha. Harvest September 8 to 25. Tasted three times. 25hl/ha Harvest September 8 to 25."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Chocolate, blackcurrant and vanilla with blackcurrant leaf, some liquorice and dried flowers on the nose. Grippy and filling but light on its feet in terms of tannic strength. You get the body, the concentration and the intensity but the fruit purity really stands out – blackcurrant, blueberry and black cherry with lots of fresh mint, graphite, cola and liquorice. Quite a stately wine with a streamlined finish. Still young and firm. 1% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.6pH. A yield of 25hl/ha. 45% grand vin production."
Georgine Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Margaux; 60% Cabernet Sauvignon; 35% Merlot; 5% Cabernet Franc & Petit Verdot; a final yield of 25 hl/ha; 13.5% alcohol; tasted three times, the final time at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin). This is very much how you now expect it to be, with the clear signature of Axel Heinz and of the infusion vinification that is responsible for its precision and sublime texture. It's incredibly pure, focussed, chiselled and precise with great fruit intensity, great harmony and an almost visceral sense of freshness but also equilibrium and poise. There's almost certainly more concentration and density in the mid-palate that in any previous vintage, but the wine is so pure, aerial and lifted that it's much more difficult to be definitive in answering the question - and it's a distraction anyway. I love the subtle, delicate florality (rather more developed in fact in the final sample tasted) and the way the rose petal and rose peppercorn notes almost seem to merge into one another. I love too the almost pulsating delivery of the cool, menthol-edged and essential freshness of the wine as it stetches itself out and unfurls over the palate. The tactility and gentleness of the touch of the tannins on the finish is exquisite. Exceptional wine-making. "
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
William Kelley, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Lascombes was cropped at 25 hl/ha between 8 and 25 September. This has a focused and quite opulent bouquet, but everything is very well controlled, as if there is a tight leash on the aromatics of black plum, iodine and violets. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly chalky tannins on the entry that counter the density of black fruit. Really impressive minéralité in this Margaux with a pleasing strictness towards the almost Pauillac-like finish. This certainly bears the signature of winemaker Axel Heinz, much more precise and tensile compared with vintages a decade ago."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Lascombes marks another hugely important step forward for this reborn château. Silky yet quite powerful, the 2025 is seamless in the glass. Dark Cabernet Sauvignon fruit opens first, followed by hints of graphite, new leather, incense, tobacco and scorched earth. The long, sculpted finish is dramatic in its beauty, shaped by clean mineral notes and refined, persistent tannins. This is truly impressive, and Axel Heinz's best Lascombes yet. Tasted three times."
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"Rich, powerful, deep vivid plum colours, totally love the slate scrape texture here, and curling violet and iris flowers. As is so often the case this year, the wines need to take a beat before the creaminess and cherry pit steps in, love the interplay of gunsmoke and spice. Smooth and silky tannins, good quality with plenty of berry fruits, this has a beautiful balance. 25hl/ha Harvest September 8 to 25. 25hl/ha. Here they chose to prioritise the aromatics for picking and you feel it, but also get that slate texture that brings you to the Médoc. Yield 25 hl/ha. Harvest September 8 to 25. Tasted three times. 25hl/ha Harvest September 8 to 25."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"Chocolate, blackcurrant and vanilla with blackcurrant leaf, some liquorice and dried flowers on the nose. Grippy and filling but light on its feet in terms of tannic strength. You get the body, the concentration and the intensity but the fruit purity really stands out – blackcurrant, blueberry and black cherry with lots of fresh mint, graphite, cola and liquorice. Quite a stately wine with a streamlined finish. Still young and firm. 1% Petit Verdot completes the blend. 3.6pH. A yield of 25hl/ha. 45% grand vin production."
Georgine Hindle, April 2026, Decanter.com
"(Margaux; 60% Cabernet Sauvignon; 35% Merlot; 5% Cabernet Franc & Petit Verdot; a final yield of 25 hl/ha; 13.5% alcohol; tasted three times, the final time at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin). This is very much how you now expect it to be, with the clear signature of Axel Heinz and of the infusion vinification that is responsible for its precision and sublime texture. It's incredibly pure, focussed, chiselled and precise with great fruit intensity, great harmony and an almost visceral sense of freshness but also equilibrium and poise. There's almost certainly more concentration and density in the mid-palate that in any previous vintage, but the wine is so pure, aerial and lifted that it's much more difficult to be definitive in answering the question - and it's a distraction anyway. I love the subtle, delicate florality (rather more developed in fact in the final sample tasted) and the way the rose petal and rose peppercorn notes almost seem to merge into one another. I love too the almost pulsating delivery of the cool, menthol-edged and essential freshness of the wine as it stetches itself out and unfurls over the palate. The tactility and gentleness of the touch of the tannins on the finish is exquisite. Exceptional wine-making. "
Colin Hay, April 2026, DrinksBusiness.com