WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 883; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 885. The average score for Château La Violette is 859, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château La Violette they use words like Full, Purple, Black, Floral, Long, Pomerol, Fruits, Tannins, Fruit, Sweet, Spice, Ripe, Cherries, Cherry, Fine. The 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château La Violette: Pungency, Power, Excellent, Aromatics, Glorious, Impeccable, Noble, Lightness, Ethereal, Luscious. It normally takes wines from Château La Violette around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 15 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Clos Fourtet 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
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 Violette 2006
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
133 |