Château Gruaud-Larose 1999

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 912; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1999 which is 882. The average score for Château Gruaud-Larose is 898, 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 1999 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1999 but no other wine from Château Gruaud-Larose: Plummy, Glycerine, Exceptional, Classic, Jammy, Sexy. 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 Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Gloria 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2007, Château Cantemerle 2011.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
47	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-17%
46	Les Forts de Latour 2008	195%
42	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	49%
41	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-45%
39	Château d’Issan 2009	6%
38	Château Palmer 2012	218%
37	Les Forts de Latour 2009	202%
33	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	119%
33	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	38%
33	Château Haut-Brion 2008	27%
32	Château Palmer 2008	93%
32	Château Margaux 2008	341%
32	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	135%
32	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	221%
32	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-20%
32	Les Forts de Latour 2005	183%
32	Château Cantemerle 2011	-67%
32	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-8%
32	Château Potensac 2005	-54%
31	Château Lynch-Bages 2008	75%
31	Château Latour 2003	1294%
31	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	94%
31	Château d’Issan 2010	3%
31	Château Giscours 2009	-9%
31	Château Batailley 2010	477%
31	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	672%
31	Château Haut-Brion 2011	284%
30	Château Margaux 2006	542%
30	Château Margaux 2010	1554%
30	Château Pontet-Canet 2002	-12%
30	Château Latour 2011	478%
30	Château Latour 2009	1876%
30	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	802%
30	Les Forts de Latour 2006	286%
30	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	256%
30	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	80%
30	Château Batailley 2014	-61%
30	Château Cheval Blanc 2012	590%
30	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	23%
29	Château Margaux 1995	709%
29	Château Hosanna 2007	2%
29	Les Forts de Latour 2010	237%
29	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	518%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-31	gbp	56