Château La Fleur-de-Gay 2008
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 920; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 865. 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 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château La Fleur-de-Gay: Strong, Evolve, Potential, Density, Crispness, Aggressiveness, Long, Sensational, Wood, Graphite. The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) and should be consumed within the next 17 years (by 2033). 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Giscours 2009, Château Gazin 2006, Château Labégorce 2010, 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 2008
| Date | Currency | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-05 | gbp | 42 |