WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 866; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 883. The average score for Château Haut-Brion is 944, making this a below 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 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Haut-Brion: Mouthfeel, Asphalt, Large, Wait, Vivid, Flower, Substantial, Longer, Svelte, Mineralité. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 13.65%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2008 (12.5% vs 13.02%). The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 17 years (by 2034). 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 Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Margaux 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Giscours 2005, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Canon 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009.
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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Haut-Brion 2008
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
71 |