Château Branaire-Ducru 2001

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 873; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2001 which is 883. The average score for Château Branaire-Ducru is 910, making this a below average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Branaire-Ducru they use words like Tannin, Fruit, Elegant, Ripe, Purple, Oak, Full, Dark, Sweet, Ruby, Attractive, Acidity, Tannins, Raspberry, Black. The 2001 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2001 but no other wine from Château Branaire-Ducru: Smoke, Sexy, Savory, Cuddly. The wine has been ready to drink for 10 years (since 2006) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2015). It normally takes wines from Château Branaire-Ducru around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 11 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Batailley 2014, Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château Potensac 2005.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
73	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	137%
72	Château Palmer 2012	405%
67	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	1975%
65	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-13%
62	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	32%
61	Les Forts de Latour 2009	379%
59	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	248%
53	Les Forts de Latour 2005	349%
50	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	273%
48	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	466%
48	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	47%
47	Château Margaux 2006	919%
47	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	1127%
45	Château Margaux 2010	2526%
45	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	186%
45	Château Latour 2011	818%
45	Château Latour 2003	2114%
45	Château Latour 2009	3039%
44	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	51%
44	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	410%
44	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	119%
44	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	1332%
43	Château Batailley 2010	817%
43	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	209%
43	Château Haut-Brion 2009	1855%
42	Les Forts de Latour 2006	514%
42	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	27%
42	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	881%
42	Château Haut-Brion 2008	101%
41	Château Batailley 2014	-38%
41	Les Forts de Latour 2010	435%
41	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	665%
41	Château Haut-Brion 2011	510%
41	Château Margaux 2005	1873%
41	Château Palmer 2009	602%
41	Château d’Issan 2010	63%
40	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	89%
40	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	335%
40	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	273%
40	Château Lynch-Bages 2008	178%
40	Château Lafite Rothschild 2007	1682%
40	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	946%
40	Château Potensac 2005	-28%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	35