Chevalier de Lascombes 2021 (75cl)

Chevalier de Lascombes is the second wine of Château Lascombes, a Second Growth of Margaux. The 2021 vintage followed a cooler, more difficult growing season after a run of hot years. The wines came out lighter, fresher and lower in alcohol, a return to classic Bordeaux proportions. It is the easiest of the recent years to drink young at the second-wine level. If modern Bordeaux seems too ripe and too heavy, this vintage is worth trying. It also suits Cantonese food, where a lighter red works and a bigger one does not. Drink now, with twenty minutes in a decanter; roast pork, duck or a weeknight table.