Château Lascombes: Vineyards
Château Lascombes lies very close to the village of Margaux, although because it lies a few hundred metres away from the D2 as it dog-legs through the village it is unlikely that you will ever encounter it, unless you are curious enough to venture off piste. It sits on the cusp of a broad swathe of vineyards to the north, while gathered all around it are the famous (and some not-so-famous) names of the Margaux appellation. Directly next-door, for example, is the rarely-seen Château des Eyrins. More familiar are Château Marquis de Terme and Château Rauzan-Ségla, just to the southeast, and in the village of Margaux Château Marquis d’Alesme, Château Durfort-Vivens of course, the two estates having shared origins, and Château Ferrière, for many years made in the Lascombes cellars, among others.
At the time of the Capital Colony takeover the vineyards of Château Lascombes amounted to 84 hectares, although subsequent acquisitions meant that at the time of the takeover in 2011 MACSF acquired 117 hectares of vines Under the current owners, however, the estate has close to 120 hectares of land under vine, although this includes the 25 hectares at Château Martinens which are ranted and managed by the Lascombes team, the owners having taken on the estate en fermage during the Capital Colony era in 2008 (the fruit magically elevated to classed growth status in the process). Not every plot is necessarily of sterling quality, it has to be said, and while some parcels are dedicated to the second wine, there are even some vines outside the Margaux appellation, eligible only for the Haut-Médoc appellation.
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