Château Lascombes Margaux 1855 2ième Cru 2020

A little more closed down at this point than the 2019, a vintage to put aside and forget about for a good four or five years. There are hints of what will happen when it opens though, as you’ll find ripples in here of cassis, blueberry and bilberry fruits, with liquorice and cloves, delicious curls of woodsmoke and smoked earth. 60% new oak, 40hl/h yield, harvest September 10 to October 2, 120ha, 35 days maceration. Delphine Barboux technical director, Julien Viaud consultant.