Château Cheval Blanc 2007
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 761; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2007 which is 879. The average score for Château Cheval Blanc is 909, 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 2007 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2007 but no other wine from Château Cheval Blanc: Prestigious, Saignee, Thrust, Suavity, Malted, Loganberry, Morello, Strong, Earthy, Unfurls. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.28%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2007 (13% vs 12.96%). The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 3 years (by 2020). 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 Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Margaux 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Margaux 2008, Château Margaux 2006.
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 2007
| Date | Currency | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-16 | gbp | 356 |
| 2016-01-05 | gbp | 246 |
| 2016-01-04 | gbp | 350 |