WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 885; matching the average for the sub-region in 1991 which is also 885. The average score for Château Lafite Rothschild is 891, making this a below 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 1991 shares most of these characteristics. It normally takes wines from Château Lafite Rothschild around 10 years to be ready to start drinking, and 18 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Margaux 2010, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Latour 2009, Château Latour 1996; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Gloria 2009, Château Gloria 2010, Château Margaux 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. 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 1991
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
412 |