WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 879; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2001 which is 880. The average score for Château Carruades de Lafite is 897, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Carruades de Lafite they use words like Full, Black, Fruit, Sweet, Richness, Elegant, Dry, Depth, Rich, Tannins, Cedar, Cherry, Tannic, Fine, Dense. The 2001 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2001 but no other wine from Château Carruades de Lafite: Stone, Wet, Cranberry, Shavings, Accessible, Pure, Balance, Chinese, Raw, Simple. The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2004) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2015). It normally takes wines from Château Carruades de Lafite around 12 years to be ready to start drinking, and 30 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château Margaux 2008, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Figeac 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Carruades de Lafite 2001
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
117 |