WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 872; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 861. The average score for Château Brane-Cantenac is 868, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Brane-Cantenac they use words like Fruit, Elegant, Ripe, Ruby, Long, Sweet, Fresh, Black, Dark, Finesse, Tannins, Fine, Plum, Soft, Smooth. The 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Brane-Cantenac: Diminished, Hardness, Spearmint, Eucalyptus, Delicacy, Exquisite, Boysenberries, Barrels, Garde, Youthful. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 12.95%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2009 (13.5% vs 13.34%). The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 24 years (by 2040). It normally takes wines from Château Brane-Cantenac around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 14 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Haut-Bailly 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2007, Château Ausone 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Canon 2012, 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 Brane-Cantenac 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
42 |
| 2015-04-04 |
gbp |
49 |