WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 898; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 867. The average score for Château La Mondotte is 934, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château La Mondotte they use words like Black, Fruit, Full, Rich, Purple, Tannins, Concentrated, Dense, Oak, Cassis, Licorice, Sweet, Depth, Pure, Bouquet. The 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château La Mondotte: Souchong, Lapsang, Viscose, Ravishing, Steeped, Refined, Lush, Aromatics, épices, Tea. The wine is ready to drink now (2018) and should be consumed within the next 10 years (by 2028). It normally takes wines from Château La Mondotte around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 13 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Ausone 2010, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009.
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. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
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Prices & Deals for Château La Mondotte 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
267 |