Château La Violette 2014

WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 921; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2014 which is 870. The average score for Château La Violette is 857, 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 2014 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2014 but no other wine from Château La Violette: Rambunctious, Velvet, Suave, Depth, Citrus, Lavish, Restraint, Glycerin, Wait, Suppleness. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Palmer 2008.

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.

Similar Wines from Nearby

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
46	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	72%
44	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2011	-20%
43	Château La Conseillante 2005	11%
42	Vieux Château Certan 2008	-42%
42	Vieux Château Certan 2005	19%
40	Château Le Gay 2010	-6%
39	Château Trotanoy 2009	46%
39	Vieux Château Certan 2011	-33%
38	Château Clinet 2012	-67%
38	Château Hosanna 2007	-52%
38	Château Trotanoy 2010	32%
38	Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2009	8%
38	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2007	-42%
38	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2009	101%
37	Château La Conseillante 2010	34%
37	Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2011	-27%
37	Château La Fleur-Pétrus 2012	-24%
37	Château Le Gay 2011	-63%
36	Château Pétrus 2012	-7%
36	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2005	185%
36	Château Clinet 2010	-39%
36	Château Trotanoy 2007	-48%
36	Vieux Château Certan 2012	-14%
36	Château Hosanna 2012	-19%
36	Château Le Gay 2005	-13%
36	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2014	-6%
35	Château Trotanoy 2012	11%
35	Château La Conseillante 2012	-45%
35	Château La Conseillante 2009	-6%
35	Château La Conseillante 2006	-50%

Similar Wines from Other Regions

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
88	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-74%
78	Château Palmer 2012	29%
74	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-66%
66	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	402%
57	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	-37%
54	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	1%
52	Les Forts de Latour 2009	13%
49	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-74%
48	Château Palmer 2008	-38%
47	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	-9%
46	Château Margaux 2010	514%
44	Château Palmer 2009	65%
44	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	-8%
44	Château Pavie 2009	81%
43	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-41%
43	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	28%
43	Château Ausone 2010	838%
43	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	17%
43	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-19%
42	Château Haut-Brion 2009	307%
42	Château d’Issan 2010	-65%
42	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-57%
42	Château Canon 2012	-71%
42	Château Margaux 2006	161%
41	Château Cheval Blanc 2005	302%
41	Les Forts de Latour 2005	7%
41	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	-50%
41	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-62%
40	Château de Fonbel 2010	-88%
40	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	299%
40	Château Cheval Blanc 2007	171%
40	Château Giscours 2009	-68%
40	Château Cantemerle 2011	-85%
40	Château Margaux 2008	107%
39	Château Latour 2009	635%
39	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2004	-60%
39	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	-54%
39	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2014	6%
39	Château Branaire-Ducru 2010	-61%
39	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	189%
38	Château Clos Fourtet 2010	-33%
38	Château Figeac 2012	-75%
38	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	59%
38	Château Latour 2011	171%
38	Château Gloria 2009	-75%
38	Château Cheval Blanc 2012	177%
38	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	269%
38	Château Clos Fourtet 2005	6%
38	Château Margaux 2009	296%
38	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	-62%
37	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	-44%
37	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	-9%
37	Château Talbot 2005	-58%
37	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006	-68%
36	Château Labégorce 2010	-87%
36	Château Haut-Brion 2011	80%
36	Château Giscours 2005	-53%
36	Château Pavie Macquin 2012	-74%
36	Château Batailley 2014	-82%
36	Château Angélus 2005	143%
36	Château Haut-Bailly 2007	-66%
36	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	126%
36	Château Palmer 2005	51%
36	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2014	-66%
36	Château Léoville-Barton 2008	-60%
36	Château Lafite Rothschild 2014	128%
36	Château le Tertre Rôteboeuf 2014	-6%
35	Château Cheval Blanc 2006	213%
35	Château Talbot 2009	-52%
35	Les Forts de Latour 2006	58%

Prices & Deals for Château La Violette 2014

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	120