WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 873; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2002 which is 896. The average score for Château La Mission-Haut-Brion is 947, 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 2002 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2002 but no other wine from Château La Mission-Haut-Brion: Classy, Formidable, Garde. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.6%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2002 (13% vs 12.79%). The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 3 years (by 2020). 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 Palmer 2012, Château Palmer 2012, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Haut-Bailly 2007, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014.
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 2002
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-05-29 |
gbp |
90 |