Château Gruaud-Larose 1989

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 946; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1989 which is 921. The average score for Château Gruaud-Larose is 897, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Gruaud-Larose they use words like Fruit, Length, Long, Tannins, Fine, Excellent, Full, Pure, Rich, Sweet, Spice, Purple, Dark, Freshness, Mineral. The 1989 shares all of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1989 but no other wine from Château Gruaud-Larose: Cloak, Potential, Herbal, Finesse, Linear, Mint, Fennel, Herbs, Clarity, Wonderful. The wine has been ready to drink for 19 years (since 1997) and should be consumed within the next 1 years (by 2017). It normally takes wines from Château Gruaud-Larose around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 14 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château Ausone 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Talbot 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005.

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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
56	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	-28%
49	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	530%
45	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-74%
42	Château Palmer 2012	53%
41	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	6%
38	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	13%
37	Château Haut-Brion 2010	540%
37	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-6%
37	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	-41%
36	Château Ausone 2010	865%
36	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	55%
36	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	132%
36	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	400%
35	Château Margaux 2006	209%
35	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-54%
35	Château Giscours 2009	-56%
35	Château Batailley 2010	178%
35	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-55%
35	Les Forts de Latour 2009	45%
35	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-39%
34	Château Latour 1996	575%
34	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	-13%
34	Château Labégorce 2010	-72%
34	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2014	149%
33	Château Lafleur 2010	947%
33	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	-34%
33	Les Forts de Latour 2005	36%
33	Château Latour 2009	853%
33	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	72%
33	Château Batailley 2014	-81%
33	Château Cheval Blanc 2007	186%
33	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	272%
32	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-61%
32	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	335%
32	Les Forts de Latour 2006	86%
32	Château de Fonbel 2010	-88%
32	Château Duhart-Milon 2005	-48%
31	Château Figeac 2012	-54%
31	Château Palmer 2008	-7%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-31	gbp	117