WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 918; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 869. The average score for Château La Fleur-Pétrus is 874, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château La Fleur-Pétrus they use words like Tannins, Pomerol, Deep, Black, Full, Ripe, Long, Ruby, Dense, Fruit, Fresh, Purity, Fruits, Cherries, Fine. The 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château La Fleur-Pétrus: Cohesiveness, Stemmy, Granular, Nutmeg, Salted, Violette, Perfect, Leafy, Brightness, Generous. The wine will be ready to drink in 4 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 22 years (by 2038). It normally takes wines from Château La Fleur-Pétrus around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 14 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Les Forts de Latour 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Palmer 2008, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
92 |