Tasting Notes
JancisRobinson.com NR
Tasted blind. Very dark. No nose except for something suspiciously bacterial. Then thick and sweet. Not much fun. No!
Anticipated maturity: 2023-2030
Vinous 91
The 2016 de Lamarque has an intense blackberry, cedar and gravel-scented bouquet that needs a little encouragement from the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, and quite saline and spicy. The generous, concentrated finish needs to develop a little more finesse.
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2040
Robert Parker 91
The 2016 Lamarque has a very refined bouquet with gorgeous aromas of blackberry, cedar and pressed flowers that unfurls beautifully in the glass. The palate is medium-bodied with quite robust and firm tannin, but the fruit is so pure that you barely notice its arching structure. It delivers a wonderful, persistent pencil box tinged finish and a long, graphite aftertaste. This is a superb contribution to the vintage, just classic, damn delicious Left Bank Bordeaux.
Anticipated maturity: 2021-2045
