Château Haut-Brion 1998
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 957; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 897. 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 1998 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château Haut-Brion: Flashy, Symmetrical, Unfold, Finest, Heaviness, Grille, Brute, Beguiling, Tension, Breeding. The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2004) and should be consumed within the next 8 years (by 2025). 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009, Château Margaux 2010, Château Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Palmer 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Lynch-Bages 2011.
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.
Similar Wines from Nearby
| Similarity Score | Wine | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 86 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005 | 68% |
| 79 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009 | 125% |
| 69 | Château Haut-Bailly 2009 | 5% |
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