WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 930; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1990 which is 907. The average score for Château Lafite Rothschild is 889, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Lafite Rothschild they use words like Long, Sweet, Fruit, Full, Ruby, Cassis, Black, Elegant, Tannins, Purple, Tobacco, Concentrated, Pencil, Graphite, Ripe. The 1990 shares some of these characteristics. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.71%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1990 (12.5% vs 12.7%). The wine has been ready to drink for 11 years (since 2006) and should be consumed within the next 13 years (by 2030). It normally takes wines from Château Lafite Rothschild around 10 years to be ready to start drinking, and 18 further years to decline.
Better value alternatives would be Château Montrose 2010, Château Brane-Cantenac 2005, Château Margaux 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2011, 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 Lafite Rothschild 1990
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
898 |