WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 846; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2004 which is 848. The average score for Château Lafite Rothschild is 893, 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 2004 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2004 but no other wine from Château Lafite Rothschild: Cranberries, Backbone, Muscle, Framework, Reticent, Sweetly, Exciting, Gentle, Characteristic, Gravelly. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.64%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2004 (13% vs 12.86%). The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2014) 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.
It represents good value compared to Château Margaux 2010, Château Latour 2009, Château Latour 2003, Château Margaux 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008; but better value alternatives would be Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 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 2004
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-26 |
gbp |
550 |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
452 |