Château Lafite Rothschild 2005
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 926; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 869. 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Lafite Rothschild: Intellectual, Persistence, Enormous, Graceful, Marmalade, Orange, Seville, Gracefully, Noble, Dramatic. The wine has been ready to drink for 2 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 33 years (by 2050). 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 Latour 2009, Château Latour 2009, Château Margaux 2010, Château Mouton Rothschild 2010, Château Ausone 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 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.
Similar Wines from Nearby
| Similarity Score | Wine | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 175 | Les Forts de Latour 2009 | -94% |
| 157 | Château Lynch-Bages 2011 | -97% |
| 147 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008 | -99% |
| 112 | Château Latour 2009 | -50% |
| 109 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -95% |
| 106 | Les Forts de Latour 2005 | -94% |
| 102 | Château Latour 2009 | -50% |
| 101 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 | -98% |
| 99 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -95% |
| 99 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010 | -97% |
| 97 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2005 | -84% |
| 96 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2010 | -66% |
| 96 | Château Latour 2003 | -65% |
| 95 | Château Pontet-Canet 2009 | -94% |
| 94 | Château Pontet-Canet 2008 | -97% |
| 93 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005 | -97% |
| 92 | Château Latour 2005 | -68% |
| 92 | Château Lynch-Bages 2005 | -95% |
| 92 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 | -98% |
| 91 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2008 | -85% |
| 90 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2009 | -78% |
| 90 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010 | -97% |
| 90 | Château Latour 2011 | -86% |
Similar Wines from Other Regions
| Similarity Score | Wine | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 186 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2008 | -67% |
| 168 | Château Palmer 2012 | -92% |
| 141 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010 | -95% |
| 140 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012 | -98% |
| 125 | Château d’Issan 2009 | -97% |
| 109 | Château Haut-Brion 2010 | -69% |
| 105 | Château Margaux 2006 | -84% |
| 104 | Château Cos d’Estournel 2005 | -92% |
| 102 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005 | -95% |
| 101 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005 | -84% |
| 100 | Château Margaux 2010 | -59% |
| 98 | Château Margaux 2005 | -69% |
| 97 | Château Haut-Brion 2008 | -97% |
| 96 | Château Margaux 2006 | -84% |
| 95 | Château Palmer 2009 | -89% |
| 94 | Château Giscours 2005 | -96% |
| 94 | Château Haut-Brion 2009 | -78% |
| 94 | Château Cheval Blanc 2005 | -78% |
| 93 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005 | -95% |
| 92 | Château Haut-Bailly 2009 | -95% |
| 92 | Château Palmer 2005 | -89% |
| 92 | Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010 | -95% |
| 92 | Château Ausone 2010 | -50% |
| 92 | Château Brane-Cantenac 2010 | -97% |
| 91 | Château Margaux 2008 | -89% |
| 90 | Château Branaire-Ducru 2010 | -98% |
| 89 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009 | -79% |
Prices & Deals for Château Lafite Rothschild 2005
| Date | Currency | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-26 | gbp | 725 |