WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 908; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 867. The average score for Château La Violette is 858, 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château La Violette: Clementine, Apricot, Exquisite, Jam, Plums, Packed, Masculine, Taut, Linear, Wonderful. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Cantemerle 2011, Château de Fonbel 2010, Château Figeac 2012.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château La Violette 2009
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-05 |
gbp |
35 |