WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 916; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1999 which is 889. The average score for Château La Mission-Haut-Brion is 946, making this a below 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 1999 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1999 but no other wine from Château La Mission-Haut-Brion: Blood, Beef, Consistent. 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, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Gloria 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005.
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 Mission-Haut-Brion 1999
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-05 |
gbp |
117 |