WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 960; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1990 which is 914. The average score for Château Haut-Brion is 941, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Haut-Brion they use words like Fruit, Sweet, Full, Black, Tannins, Tannin, Deep, Complex, Richness, Long, Fruits, Pure, Ripe, Rich, Ruby. The 1990 shares some of these characteristics. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 13.65%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1990 (12.5% vs 12.7%). It normally takes wines from Château Haut-Brion around 10 years to be ready to start drinking, and 21 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Latour 1996; but better value alternatives would be Château Cheval Blanc 2009, Château Margaux 2006, Château Pichon-Lalande 2009, Château Haut-Bailly 2009, Château Léoville-Las Cases 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. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château Haut-Brion 1990
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
650 |