WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 883; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 885. The average score for Château Cheval Blanc is 907, making this a below 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 wine has been ready to drink for 11 years (since 2006) 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 Lafleur 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2009, Château Latour 1996, Château Latour 2003, Château Latour 1989; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Haut-Brion 2011, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Giscours 2009.
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. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château Cheval Blanc 1996
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
300 |