WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 983; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 898. The average score for Château d’Yquem is 943, 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 1996 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1996 but no other wine from Château d’Yquem: Cask, Patience, Reluctant, Blossoming, Excellent, Closed. The wine will be ready to drink in 7 years (in 2025) 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 Latour 1995, Château Palmer 2012, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château d’Yquem 2001; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Rieussec 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2012.
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 d’Yquem 1996
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
117 |