Château La Gaffelière 2009

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 911; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 867. The average score for Château La Gaffelière is 882, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château La Gaffelière they use words like Full, Black, Tannins, Blackberry, Tannin, Spicy, Intensity, Impressive, Licorice. The 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château La Gaffelière: Kudos, Decades, Attractive, Flamboyant, Pure, Cassis, Asphalt, Truffle, Incense, Kirsch. The wine is ready to drink now (2018) and should be consumed within the next 22 years (by 2040). It normally takes wines from Château La Gaffelière around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 22 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Figeac 2012, Château Giscours 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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
72	Château Palmer 2012	233%
71	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	1267%
66	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	56%
60	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-13%
57	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-43%
56	Les Forts de Latour 2009	216%
53	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	129%
52	Les Forts de Latour 2008	209%
46	Château Haut-Brion 2008	33%
45	Château Haut-Brion 2010	1289%
44	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	235%
44	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-3%
43	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	103%
43	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	708%
42	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	44%
42	Château Margaux 2010	1631%
42	Château Haut-Brion 2009	1188%
42	Les Forts de Latour 2005	196%
42	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	844%
42	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	28%
42	Château Batailley 2010	504%
41	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	146%
41	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	236%
41	Château Palmer 2008	102%
41	Château Latour 2003	1359%
41	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	285%
40	Château Margaux 2006	571%
40	Vieux Château Certan 2008	30%
40	Vieux Château Certan 2005	166%
40	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	273%
39	Château Gazin 2010	2%
39	Château Talbot 2005	86%
39	Château Palmer 2009	363%
39	Château Lafleur 2010	2173%
38	Château Giscours 2009	-5%
38	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	589%
38	Château Langoa-Barton 2009	-10%
37	Château Le Gay 2010	109%
37	Château Margaux 2008	362%
37	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	89%
37	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	0%
37	Château Gloria 2009	-31%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-24	gbp	54