Chevalier de Lascombes - Margaux 2023

Wine Advocate

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byYohan Castaingthe4/10/2026

A blend of 70% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon and 3% Petit Verdot, the 2023 Chevalier de Lascombes shows a gourmand, bright profile, offering aromas of cassis, flowers and petals. Moderately weighted and round, it is enveloping, built around a juicy core of fruit framed by structuring tannins, and concludes with a long, gently dark berry-inflected finish.

The Wine Palate

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byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe4/9/2026

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Chevalier de Lascombes sashays out of the glass with playful notes of juicy plums, boysenberries, and kirsch, leading to wafts of charcoal and scorched earth with a hint of wild sage. The medium-bodied palate offers chewy tannins and plenty of freshness to support the bright, breezy fruit, finishing with a tangy lift. The blend is 70% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Petit Verdot.

Vinous

91

byAntonio Gallonithe3/16/2026

The 2023 Chevalier de Lascombes is a gorgeous second wine. Plump, juicy and inviting, the Merlot-based Chevalier will be ready to drink with minimal cellaring. Supple contours frame a core of plum, black cherry, new leather, mocha and licorice. This bold, luscious Margaux offers tons of immediacy.

Vinous

87

byNeal Martinthe2/1/2026

The 2023 Chevalier de Lascombes has a bright black cherry- and blueberry-scented bouquet, just a touch of violet in the background. Maybe it just misses a little bandwidth. The palate is medium-bodied with a little rigidity on the entry. Sapid, quite angular in style, it just needs to muster more flesh on the finish.

Jamessuckling.com

92

byJames Sucklingthe1/27/2026

Lightly baked red cherries and sweet strawberries at first, but the slightly baked character gets blown off in the glass as you give it some time, revealing aromas of fresher red berries, hibiscus and minerals. Fruity on the palate but tense at the core, with fresh, fine-grained tannins and a juicy, tight-wound finish. Better from 2026.

The Wine Independent

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byLisa Perrotti-Brownthe5/7/2024

Deep garnet-purple in color, the 2023 Chevalier de Lascombes sashays out of the glass with playful notes of juicy plums, boysenberries, and kirsch leading to wafts of lilacs and cinnamon toast with a hint of wild sage. The medium-bodied palate offers fine-grained tannins and plenty of freshness to support the bright, breezy fruit, finishing with a tangy lift. The blend is 70% Merlot, 27% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 3% Petit Verdot.

Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux

90

byJane Ansonthe5/6/2024

First full year with new director Axel Heinz. This is enjoyable, showing richly textured loganberry, cassic and raspberry fruits, good lift and character, grilled oak without being dominant or intrusive.

Vinous

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byAntonio Gallonithe4/30/2024

The 2023 Chevalier de Lascombes is soft, open-knit and very easy to like. A new emphasis on freshness is evident in the wine's bright red-toned fruit, citrus and floral notes. Elegant, silky tannins add to the wine's palpable finesse. This is very nicely done. I especially admire the energy here.

Jamessuckling.com

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byJames Sucklingthe4/25/2024

Lemon blossom and citrus rind with currant and blackberry on the nose, as well as some chocolate. Medium body with a tight center-palate and creamy tannins. Fresh and salty. Vivid. Crunchy. Second wine of Lascombes.

Vertdevin

92

byJonathan Chicheportichethe4/24/2024

Decanter.com

91

byGeorgina Hindlethe4/24/2024

Quite a fragrant nose, really floral and heavily scented with black berry fruit and some red cherry notes. Crisp and chalky, this has a lovely fresh bite and tang to the strawberry fruit, more red on the palate with a clear, crystalline base of powdery minerality. A touch tense in terms of focus but there’s nice softness too, expanding slowly with a long length. An encouraging second wine with some underlying power. Clean and precise. A little toasted on the finish, graphite, cedar, coffee and dark chocolate. 3.70pH. A yield of 35hl/h. First vintage under director Axel Heinz. Julien Viaud consultant.