WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1990 which is 919. The average score for Château d’Yquem is 942, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château d’Yquem they use words like Full, Sweet, Honey, Acidity, Botrytis, Apricot, Long, Balanced, Vanilla, Refined, Richness, Pear, Bouquet, Orange, Pineapple. The 1990 shares all of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1990 but no other wine from Château d’Yquem: Awesome, Potential, Richest, Remarkable, Ageability. The wine has been ready to drink for 15 years (since 2003) and should be consumed within the next 32 years (by 2050). It normally takes wines from Château d’Yquem around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 36 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Cheval Blanc 2004, Château Latour 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rieussec 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2008.
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, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château d’Yquem 1990
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
217 |