Château La Fleur-de-Gay 1998
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 923; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 874. The average score for Château La Fleur-de-Gay is 897, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château La Fleur-de-Gay they use words like Oak, Tannins, Purple, Black, Dense, Purity, Ruby, Sweet, Tannin, Fruit, Grille, Full, Subtle, Prunes, Currant. The 1998 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château La Fleur-de-Gay: Velvet, Chocolatey, Sumptuous, Unfurl, Jammy, Mouthfeel, Round, Soft, Plummy, Limestone. It normally takes wines from Château La Fleur-de-Gay around 4 years to be ready to start drinking, and 18 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château le Tertre Rôteboeuf 2006, Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012, Château Clos Fourtet 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château de Fonbel 2010, Château Giscours 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Brane-Cantenac 2009, Château Potensac 2005.
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 La Fleur-de-Gay 1998
| Date | Currency | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-05 | gbp | 62 |