This is a second growth Margaux estate whose wines I have tasted quite a few times. In earlier times (such as the 1990s), the wines were not all that consistent, and quite often even when one has a good bottle from a good vintage, it can be a matter of not dallying over the wine as sometimes it can fade and deteriorate suddenly say a couple of hours after pulling the cork.
However the estate changed hands in 2001 and the estate underwent modernization leading to improvement in its wine. It has however, been sold again in 2011, so we must wait and see what effect this has on the finished wine a few years down the line.
A second wine, Ch de Segonnes was produced in the 1980s with the fruit from the lesser terroir in the estate, but another wine - Chevalier de Lascombes started to be produced in 1997, and Ch de Segonnes was relegated to a third wine. I have hardly seen de Segonnes so far in Hong Kong (whether as second or third wine), whilst Chevalier is now quite widely available.
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