WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 887; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2010 which is 883. 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 2010 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2010 but no other wine from Château Clos Fourtet: Marine, Linearity, Clarity, Immense, Precise, Truffle, Figs, Voluminous, Intense, Oaky. The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2014) and should be consumed within the next 22 years (by 2040). 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 Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Lynch-Bages 2011; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Pavie Macquin 2009.
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 Clos Fourtet 2010
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
80 |