WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 956; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 892. 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 1998 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château Cheval Blanc: Underestimated, Extract. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.38%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 1998 (13% vs 12.66%). The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2005) and should be consumed within the next 13 years (by 2030). 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 Latour 2003, Château Latour 1996, Château Margaux 2005, Château Latour 2003, Château Latour 2003; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Margaux 2008, Château Cos d’Estournel 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. 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 1998
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
562 |
| 2016-01-04 |
gbp |
395 |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
650 |