WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 899; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 877. The average score for Château Haut-Brion is 943, 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Haut-Brion: Figs, Unprecedented, Vibrancy, Unctuosity, Intriguing, Spine, Persistency, Menthe, Crème, Spellbinding. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13.5% vs 13.55%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2009 (13.5% vs 13.34%). The wine will be ready to drink in 3 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 23 years (by 2040). 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 Mouton Rothschild 2010, Château Latour 2009, Château Latour 2009, Château Cheval Blanc 2009, Château Margaux 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010.
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 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
446 |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
532 |