WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 913; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 869. 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château La Violette: Structured, Bold, Liquorice, Mass, Length, Solid, Walnuts, Sumptuous, Minerals, Pepper. The wine will be ready to drink in 4 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Ausone 2010, Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012, Château Palmer 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
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 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
165 |