WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 773; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 882. The average score for Château Branaire-Ducru is 912, 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Branaire-Ducru: Marmalade, Grainy, Minerality, Dimensional, Smoky, Flower, Harmony. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.77%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2005 (13% vs 13.1%). 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 Haut-Brion 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Gloria 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Langoa-Barton 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
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 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-07-10 |
gbp |
52 |