WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 882; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Brane-Cantenac: Waves, Steeped, Smacking, Crunch, Cépage, Volumous, Consistent, Perfect, Warm. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2012 (13% vs 12.92%). The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 8 years (by 2024). 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 Haut-Brion 2009, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010, Château Ausone 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Labégorce 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very good value for money, beating 70% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Brane-Cantenac 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-04-03 |
gbp |
29 |