Château Lafite Rothschild 2006
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 809; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 861. The average score for Château Lafite Rothschild is 894, 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 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château Lafite Rothschild: Gripping, Awesome, Mass, Impenetrable, Liquorish, Swirling, Garnet, Superconcentrated, Dryness, Angularity. 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2009, Château Latour 2003, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Margaux 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 135 | Les Forts de Latour 2009 | -80% |
| 129 | Château Lynch-Bages 2011 | -89% |
| 119 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008 | -95% |
| 87 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -84% |
| 86 | Les Forts de Latour 2005 | -81% |
| 86 | Château Latour 2009 | 67% |
| 84 | Château Pontet-Canet 2008 | -91% |
| 84 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2008 | -48% |
| 82 | Château Latour 2003 | 18% |
| 80 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2006 | -34% |
| 79 | Château Pontet-Canet 2009 | -79% |
| 77 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -84% |
| 76 | Château Latour 2009 | 67% |
| 75 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 | -92% |
| 75 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2005 | -48% |
| 74 | Château Latour 2005 | 8% |
| 74 | Château Latour 2011 | -51% |
| 73 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010 | -90% |
| 73 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2009 | -24% |
| 72 | Château Latour 2003 | 18% |
| 72 | Château Lynch-Bages 2005 | -84% |
| 71 | Château Clerc-Milon 2005 | -93% |
| 70 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2010 | 14% |
Similar Wines from Other Regions
| Similarity Score | Wine | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 156 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2008 | 10% |
| 138 | Château Palmer 2012 | -73% |
| 116 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012 | -93% |
| 109 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010 | -82% |
| 95 | Château d’Issan 2009 | -91% |
| 85 | Château Cos d’Estournel 2005 | -71% |
| 83 | Château Margaux 2010 | 39% |
| 82 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005 | -46% |
| 81 | Château Margaux 2006 | -46% |
| 81 | Château Margaux 2005 | 5% |
| 80 | Château Haut-Brion 2010 | 6% |
| 80 | Château Palmer 2009 | -63% |
| 78 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005 | -84% |
| 78 | Château Haut-Brion 2008 | -89% |
| 78 | Château Haut-Bailly 2009 | -83% |
| 77 | Château Margaux 2009 | 63% |
| 76 | Château Gloria 2010 | -94% |
| 76 | Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010 | -84% |
| 76 | Château Giscours 2005 | -86% |
| 76 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009 | -28% |
| 75 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2005 | 236% |
| 74 | Château Haut-Brion 2009 | -27% |
| 73 | Château Margaux 2008 | -63% |
| 72 | Château Ausone 2010 | 69% |
| 72 | Château Margaux 2006 | -46% |
| 71 | Château Montrose 2005 | -34% |
| 71 | Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005 | -87% |
Prices & Deals for Château Lafite Rothschild 2006
| Date | Currency | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-01-24 | gbp | 39 |
| 2016-01-17 | gbp | 662 |