WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 999; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1995 which is 906. The average score for Château Haut-Brion is 940, 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 1995 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1995 but no other wine from Château Haut-Brion: Fun, Sedate, Mellowing, Moss, Earthiness, Lustrous, Graceful. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.6%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 1995 (13% vs 12.62%). The wine has been ready to drink for 17 years (since 2000) and should be consumed within the next 13 years (by 2030). 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 La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Margaux 2006, Château Latour 2003, Château Ausone 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Figeac 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 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 1995
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
108 |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
500 |