WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 934; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1988 which is 880. The average score for Château Cheval Blanc is 906, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Cheval Blanc they use words like Fruit, Sweet, Tannins, Black, Full, Freshness, Purple, Menthol, Opulent, Dense, Dark, Ruby, Deep, Chocolate, Young. The 1988 shares all of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1988 but no other wine from Château Cheval Blanc: Crispness. The wine has been ready to drink for 15 years (since 2002) and has been past its best for 3 (since 2014). It normally takes wines from Château Cheval Blanc around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 20 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Ausone 2010, Château Batailley 2010, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Cheval Blanc 1988
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
242 |