Château Lafite Rothschild 2010

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 878; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2010 which is 879. 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 2010 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2010 but no other wine from Château Lafite Rothschild: Cellared, Truffle, Summer, Vivacious, Crème, Macerated, Spellbinding, Vie, Legend, Kirsch. The wine will be ready to drink in 8 years (in 2025) and should be consumed within the next 23 years (by 2040). 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 Haut-Brion 2010, Château Margaux 2010, Château Latour 2003; but better value alternatives would be Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, 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.

Similar Wines from Nearby

Similarity Score Wine Price Difference
149 Château Lynch-Bages 2011 -89%
139 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008 -95%
123 Les Forts de Latour 2009 -80%
102 Château Pontet-Canet 2005 -84%
94 Château Pontet-Canet 2008 -91%
93 Château Pontet-Canet 2009 -79%
93 Château Latour 2009 64%
92 Château Pontet-Canet 2005 -84%
88 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 -92%
88 Château Latour 2003 16%
87 Les Forts de Latour 2005 -81%
85 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010 -90%
85 Château Lynch-Bages 2010 -84%
84 Château Clerc-Milon 2010 -90%
83 Château Latour 2009 64%
83 Les Forts de Latour 2010 -76%
83 Château Mouton Rothschild 2008 -49%
81 Château Latour 2005 7%
80 Château Mouton Rothschild 2005 -48%
80 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005 -89%
79 Château Lynch-Bages 2005 -84%
79 Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 -92%

Similar Wines from Other Regions

Similarity Score Wine Price Difference
148 Château Palmer 2012 -74%
142 Château Lafite Rothschild 2008 9%
131 Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010 -82%
118 Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012 -93%
105 Château d’Issan 2009 -91%
97 Château Cos d’Estournel 2005 -72%
93 Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010 -84%
90 Château Margaux 2006 -47%
90 Château Margaux 2010 37%
90 Château Giscours 2005 -86%
90 Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005 -46%
89 Château Haut-Brion 2010 4%
88 Château Pavie 2009 -68%
88 Château Haut-Brion 2008 -89%
87 Château Palmer 2009 -63%
86 Château Margaux 2008 -63%
86 Château Cheval Blanc 2005 -29%
85 Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005 -84%
85 Château Ausone 2010 66%
84 Château Cos d’Estournel 2010 -84%
84 Château Haut-Brion 2009 -28%
83 Château Branaire-Ducru 2010 -93%
82 Château Clos Fourtet 2009 -77%
81 Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009 -29%
81 Château Margaux 2006 -47%
79 Château Giscours 2009 -92%
79 Château Palmer 2005 -63%
79 Château Lafite Rothschild 2005 231%

Prices & Deals for Château Lafite Rothschild 2010

Date Currency Price
2016-01-24 gbp 458
2016-01-17 gbp 572

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