Tasted at the Cru Bourgeois annual tasting, the 2015 Lacour Jacquet has a tightly wound, rather backward nose, although there seems to be plenty of broody dark fruit locked in there (somewhere). The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, fresh in the mouth but missing a little delineation and personality on the finish. Not bad but it could have been better. Tasted September 2017.

The 2014 Lacour Jacquet has a bold bouquet of black cherries, bilberry and cedar, quite punchy for a 2014 yet maintaining adequate freshness and delineation. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. The acidity is nicely judged and the finish is smooth and almost silky. I would have just liked some complementary complexity on the finish that just seems to hold a single note rather than a chord. Not bad though. Tasted September 2016.

Opaque ruby/purple, with notes of cassis, graphite, underbrush and cedar, this medium-bodied, dense, opulent style of wine should drink nicely for 4-5 years. It is a blend of 50% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon and the rest Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. (A member of the Association of Crus Bourgeois du Medoc.)