WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 898; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 882. The average score for Château Clos Fourtet is 881, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Clos Fourtet they use words like Fruit, Full, Blackberry, Dark, Rich, Ripe, Tannins, Black, Acidity, Plum, Chocolate, Blueberry, Purple, Long, Raspberry. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Clos Fourtet: Tactile, Sensual, Toned, Sweetness, Plums, Nobility, Fabulous, Striking, Remarkable, Enormous. The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 12 years (by 2030). It normally takes wines from Château Clos Fourtet around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 17 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Clos Fourtet 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
128 |