Château de Fonbel 2005

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 840; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 883. The average score for Château de Fonbel is 860, making this a below average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château de Fonbel they use words like Tannins, Fruit, Ripe, Full, Fruits, Purple, Soft, Creamy, Balanced, Sweet, Fresh, Firm, Ruby, Dense, Redcurrant. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château de Fonbel: Stuffing, Gamey, Berry, Simple, Glycerin, Inky, Accessible, Broad, Flavorful, Precise. It normally takes wines from Château de Fonbel around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 8 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011; but better value alternatives would be Château Labégorce 2010.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very high value for money, beating 80% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
85	Château Palmer 2012	830%
78	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	84%
76	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	143%
73	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	3513%
71	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	352%
67	Château d’Issan 2005	359%
61	Les Forts de Latour 2009	717%
59	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	626%
57	Château d’Issan 2009	237%
54	Les Forts de Latour 2005	673%
53	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	483%
53	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	2076%
52	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	212%
51	Château Latour 2003	3745%
51	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	1043%
51	Château Palmer 2008	550%
49	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	1142%
49	Château Haut-Brion 2008	327%
48	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2004	191%
48	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	232%
48	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	172%
47	Château Haut-Brion 2010	3987%
47	Vieux Château Certan 2005	759%
47	Château La Conseillante 2005	700%
47	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	744%
46	Château Palmer 2005	987%
46	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	560%
46	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	2770%
46	Vieux Château Certan 2004	331%
46	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	558%
46	Château Margaux 2006	1778%
46	Château Margaux 2008	1389%
46	Château Labégorce 2010	-5%
46	Château Lafleur 2010	5494%
46	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2011	475%
45	Château Gloria 2009	78%
45	Château Talbot 2010	157%
45	Les Forts de Latour 2006	1039%
45	Château Batailley 2010	2612%
45	Château Palmer 2009	1087%
45	Château Haut-Brion 2009	2832%
45	Château Haut-Brion 2011	1197%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	17