WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 895; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2004 which is 865. 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 2004 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2004 but no other wine from Château La Mission-Haut-Brion: Raspberries, Cream, Uninspiring. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 13.6%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2004 (13% vs 12.86%). 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 Haut-Brion 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Ausone 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 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 2004
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-05-29 |
gbp |
117 |