WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 868; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 875. The average score for Château Cap De Mourlin is 875, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Cap De Mourlin they use words like Rich, Dense. The 2008 shares some of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Cap De Mourlin: Plump, Blackberries, Cassis, Smoked, Herbs, Meatiness, Lush, Ripe, Tannins, Long. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (14% vs 0%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2008 (14% vs 13.02%). The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). It normally takes wines from Château Cap De Mourlin around 3 years to be ready to start drinking, and 9 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Palmer 2012, Château Giscours 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Labégorce 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very high value for money, beating 80% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Cap De Mourlin 2008
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2015-12-08 |
gbp |
20 |