WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1990 which is 906. The average score for Château Cheval Blanc is 903, 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 1990 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1990 but no other wine from Château Cheval Blanc: Sloes, Overripeness, Fruitcake, Ripest, Glycerin, Nectar, Explosive, Cutting, Velvet, Iodine. The wine has been ready to drink for 20 years (since 1997) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2016). 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Gloria 2009, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2007.
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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Cheval Blanc 1990
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
50 |