Some\ntime ago, while talking with my friend Gianni Mercatali, it came to light that\nhe was about to receive four vintages of the wine produced by this chateau from\nthe sales director of Chateau Lascombes, a Margaux appellation. He therefore\nwanted to organize this tasting with some friends, which would be held at a\ntable, enjoying a pleasant meal. Brothers Tommaso and Matteo Guidi, owners of\nthe most important catering business in Florence, along with their father,\nGuido Guidi, offered to make their business available to us: a luxuriously\nfurnished property with a kitchen, their chef, and two waiters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At\nthat point, I told Gianni that, since the vintages to be tasted were 2022,\n2016, 2015, and 2010, I’d look in my cellar to see if I had a couple more\nvintages to add, and indeed, I found 2005 and 1982. Perfect! They were all\ninteresting vintages. Gianni listed a few friends to invite, and the following\nlucky ones came up: Leo Damiani, Simone Fracassi, Maurizio Ciampolini, Matteo\nParigi Bini, Gianni Mercatali, and myself. A couple of mutual friends, very\nsadly, declined the invitation because they couldn’t make it. The menu would\nhave been as follows: finger food, Fassona beef tartare, paccheri with meat\nsauce, and beef fillet, with various side dishes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We\nbegan dinner with a magnificent magnum of 2007 Belle Epoque Champagne from\nMaison Perrier Jouet, which proved to be extremely enjoyable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\n2007 Champagne vintage wasn’t as magnificent as the 2006 or 2008, but this\nbottle proved us wrong because, instead, it turned out to be magnificent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The\ntasting-dinner continued starting from the youngest vintage and then arriving\nat the oldest, the 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Everyone\nat the table, myself included, was eager to do this vertical tasting. The\nevening progressed pleasantly, and everyone commented on each vintage of the\nevening. The vintages tasted were all great, and the oldest, 1982, was a very\nimportant vintage for Bordeaux wines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Before describing the wines\nof the evening, I should make the following clarification. I taste the tannins\nof the wine on the upper gum. The total width of the tannin is 6\/6, that is,\nthe entire width of the upper gum. Obviously, if the tannin is less broad, it\ncould be, for example, 5\/6, and so on. The width of the tannin is important\nwhen its quality is good or high. The broader the tannin, the more worthy of\nattention the wine is, but the tannin, as I specified, must, in any case, be of\ngood quality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Let’s now move on to\ndescribing the wines we tasted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PERRIER TOY HOUSE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Belle Epoque Champagne Brut, Annata 2007<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n in large format<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Blend: 50% Chardonnay, 45% Pinot Noir and 5%\nPinot Meunier)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It shines through the glass in a bright golden\nyellow colour while the bubbles are quite fine and numerous.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the nose it expresses aromas of vanilla,\nsweets reminiscent of ricciarelli biscuits, mint, white pepper, anemone,\nMarseille soap, licorice and rubber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the glass is empty, you can smell the aroma\nof zabaglione.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the palate, it is medium-bodied, savory and\nmineral, with flavors of lemon, citron, and citron peel. The bubbles are fine\nand pleasant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A well-balanced wine thanks to the freshness\nthat completely envelops the alcohol. Its palate is long and persistent, with a\ncitrus and mineral finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Champagne still with a long life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (96\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CHATEAU LASCOMBES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MARGAUX GRAND CRU CLASS\u00c9, vintage 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Blend: 67% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and\n3% Petit Verdot)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Purple, black color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the glass rise aromas of “after\neight” (bitter chocolate and intense mint), black cherry, wood varnish,\nparaffin, blueberry, plum, eucalyptus, cooked cherry and cooked plum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the palate it reveals a medium body, flavours\nof licorice, plum, woodsy and mint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A good balance between alcohol and freshness.\nThe tannins are sweet, broad (6\/6-), thick, and initially velvety, then lightly\nburn the upper gums and throat. The finish is long and persistent. This young\nwine will need to absorb some of the wood, both on the nose and on the palate.\nThe nose is slightly perceptible of mature fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (91\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CHATEAU LASCOMBES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MARGAUX GRAND CRU CLASS\u00c9, vintage 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Blend: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 47% Merlot and\n3% Petit Verdot)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Beautiful purple red black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nose reveals aromas of ripe black marasca\ncherry, mint, eucalyptus, dried porcini mushrooms, black truffle, and hints of\nboiled milk cream. Aromas of Calvados, a hint of licorice, woodsy notes, cherry\njam reminiscent of Chiaverini, and violets, finishing with hints of pear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the palate it has a flavour of black truffle,\na medium body and a good balance between alcohol and freshness, while the\ntannins are sweet, quite broad (5\/6++) and silky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its intense aromatic persistence is long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (93\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CHATEAU LASCOMBES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MARGAUX GRAND CRU CLASSE, vintage 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Blend: 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and\n5% Petit Verdot)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n It shines through the glass in an intense\npurple-black colour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Olfactory range with aromas of ripe blackberry,\nlight brett, black cherry, plum finishing with puffs of black pepper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the palate, it’s medium-bodied and has a good\nbalance between alcohol and freshness, the latter completely enveloping the\nalcohol. The tannins are sweet and fairly broad (5\/6+), initially silky, then\ndrying the upper palate a bit. Its flavorful finish is long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The nose wasn’t optimal due to the presence of\nbrett (slight sweaty odor). Perhaps this bottle had some problems?<\/p>\n\n\n\n (90\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CHATEAU LASCOMBES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MARGAUX GRAND CRU CLASS\u00c9, vintage 2010<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Blend: 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 21% Merlot and\n16% Petit Verdot)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Intense garnet red – black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Olfactory mix composed of aromas of black\npepper, licorice, mint, eucalyptus, nutmeg, black truffle, blueberry, toasted\nhazelnut and episperm (it is the sweet note of the wood that recalls the skin\nof boiled chestnuts).<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the palate it reveals a medium body and has\nhints of plum and blueberry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A balanced wine with freshness that dominates\nthe alcohol content without hesitation. The tannins are sweet, fairly broad\n(5\/6), fine, and initially silky, before lightly burning the upper gums.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (93\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CHATEAU LASCOMBES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MARGAUX GRAND CRU CLASSE, vintage 2005<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Blend: 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and\n5% Petit Verdot)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Intense garnet red – black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the glass rise aromas of mint, eucalyptus,\nlight brett, hydrolytin (the powder that transforms still water into sparkling\nwater), black pepper, nutmeg, blueberry and black cherry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On the palate it reveals a medium body and a\ngood balance between alcohol and freshness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The tannins are sweet, quite broad (5\/6), quite\nthick, initially silky and then drying and causing a slight burning of the\nupper gums. Its flavour persists for a long time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (92\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n CHATEAU LASCOMBES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n MARGAUX GRAND CRU CLASS\u00c9, vintage 1982<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n (Blends: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Petit\nVerdot)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Garnet\nred color with a slightly orange edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Aromatic\nnotes of chinotto, tamarind, mandarin, mint, dried plum, camphor, eucalyptus,\ndried black fig, hints of nutmeg and wood varnish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n On\nthe palate, it displays a medium body and a good balance between alcohol and\nfreshness. The tannins are sweet, quite broad (5\/6), and silky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Its\nintense aromatic persistence is long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n (92\/100)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n At\nthe end of the evening, we were joined by Rachele Damiani, daughter of Leo,\nMatteo, and Tommaso Guidi, who couldn’t be with us from the beginning because\nthey were busy with work on some evenings in Florence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We\ndiners were very satisfied with this tasting dinner organized by the excellent\nGianni Mercatali, owner of the PR agency Studio Mercatali s.r.l., which counts\namong its clients some of the most famous people in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nchef at Guido Guidi pampered us, and the two waiters who looked after us\nthroughout the delightful evening did the same. A heartfelt thank you to the\nGuidi family and to Gianni Mercatali, who conceived and organized this\ndelicious event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some time ago, while talking with my friend Gianni Mercatali, it came to light that he was about to receive four vintages of the wine produced by this chateau from the sales director of Chateau Lascombes, a Margaux appellation. 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