Château Canon-La-Gaffelière 2012

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 920; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 879. The average score for Château Canon-La-Gaffelière is 878, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Canon-La-Gaffelière they use words like Fruit, Full, Black, Depth, Tannins, Sweet, Pure, Elegant, Oak, Round, Finest, Silky, Cherry, Fine, Richness. The 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Canon-La-Gaffelière: Tight, Lifting, Aromatics. The wine is ready to drink now (2016) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). It normally takes wines from Château Canon-La-Gaffelière around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château d’Issan 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Potensac 2005, Château d’Issan 2010, Château de Fonbel 2010.

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
70	Château Palmer 2012	240%
63	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	1299%
61	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	60%
59	Les Forts de Latour 2009	223%
58	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	135%
57	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-42%
48	Château Haut-Brion 2008	36%
48	Château d’Issan 2009	14%
45	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	108%
44	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	47%
44	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	727%
44	Vieux Château Certan 2008	33%
43	Château Margaux 2010	1671%
43	Château Margaux 2006	587%
43	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-1%
42	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	244%
41	Château Palmer 2009	373%
41	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	152%
41	Les Forts de Latour 2005	203%
41	Château Talbot 2005	90%
41	Château d’Issan 2010	10%
41	Château Batailley 2010	518%
41	Château Langoa-Barton 2009	-8%
41	Château Lynch-Bages 2008	88%
40	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-14%
40	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	243%
40	Château Pichon-Lalande 2005	116%
40	Château La Conseillante 2010	257%
40	Château Lafleur 2010	2226%
40	Château Haut-Brion 2009	831%
40	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	282%
40	Château Potensac 2005	-51%
39	Château Margaux 2008	372%
39	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	866%
39	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	1011%
39	Château Latour 2003	1393%
39	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006	23%
39	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	31%
39	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	2%
39	Château Léoville-Barton 2008	-9%
38	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	294%
38	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	605%
38	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2014	452%
38	Château Haut-Brion 2010	1321%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-16	gbp	45