WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 722; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 868. The average score for Château de Fonbel is 864, 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château de Fonbel: Steeliness, Nascent, Powdery, Harmony, Wet, Camphor, Currant, Brambly, Dried, Pinched. The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 6 years (by 2022). 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 Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Palmer 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château de Fonbel 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.
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Prices & Deals for Château de Fonbel 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
17 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
14 |