Château d’Yquem 2013

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 919; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2013 which is 882. The average score for Château d’Yquem is 945, making this a below 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 2013 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2013 but no other wine from Château d’Yquem: Seville, Immense, Coating, Chalk, Freshly, Jam, Succulent, Smooth, Abundance, Wow. 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 2009, Château Ausone 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château Margaux 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Rieussec 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Palmer 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château d’Issan 2009.

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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
66	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	23%
60	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	-79%
60	Château Palmer 2012	-70%
52	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-95%
44	Les Forts de Latour 2009	-72%
44	Château d’Issan 2009	-90%
44	Château Latour 2009	87%
43	Château d’Yquem 2011	-55%
40	Les Forts de Latour 2005	-73%
40	Château Ausone 2010	89%
39	Château Haut-Brion 2010	18%
38	Château Margaux 2009	82%
38	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	-82%
38	Château d’Yquem 2001	-29%
38	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	-70%
36	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	-78%
36	Château Haut-Brion 2009	-18%
36	Château Margaux 2010	56%
36	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	-68%
36	Château Margaux 2006	-39%
36	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-91%
35	Château d’Yquem 2009	-22%
34	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	-87%
34	Château Batailley 2010	-46%
34	Château Latour 2009	87%
34	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	-74%
34	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	-88%
34	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	-55%
34	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	-38%
34	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	-39%
34	Les Pagodes de Cos 2010	-93%
34	Vieux Château Certan 2008	-88%
34	Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2012	-90%
34	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	-20%
34	Château Figeac 2012	-95%
32	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-88%
32	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-82%
32	Château le Tertre Rôteboeuf 2006	-86%
32	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-91%
32	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	-65%
32	Château Palmer 2008	-82%
32	Château Giscours 2009	-91%
32	Château Pichon-Lalande 2009	-85%
32	Château Pavie 2005	-58%
32	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	-42%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	200