WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 974; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1983 which is 891. The average score for Château La Mission-Haut-Brion is 944, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château La Mission-Haut-Brion they use words like Fruit, Tannins, Full, Long, Purple, Ripe, Black, Sweet, Deep, Tannin, Intense, Tobacco, Rich, Earth, Structure. The 1983 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1983 but no other wine from Château La Mission-Haut-Brion: Abundant, Cigar, Smoked, Lightweight, Ancient, Volatile, Mass, Dramatic. It normally takes wines from Château La Mission-Haut-Brion around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 15 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Cheval Blanc 2007, Château Haut-Brion 2011, Château Latour 2003, Château Cheval Blanc 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005.
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, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 1983
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-05 |
gbp |
150 |