WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 827; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2004 which is 849. The average score for Château Branaire-Ducru is 911, 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 2004 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2004 but no other wine from Château Branaire-Ducru: Rustic, Figs, Plums, Flavorful, Toasted, Licorice, Underripe, Crisp, Cocoa. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 12.81%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2004 (12.5% vs 12.86%). The wine has been ready to drink for 8 years (since 2008) and should be consumed within the next 4 years (by 2020). 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 Cheval Blanc 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Margaux 2006, Château Mouton Rothschild 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008.
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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Branaire-Ducru 2004
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
30 |
| 2015-07-10 |
gbp |
35 |