WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 855; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2010 which is 877. The average score for Château Lafleur is 886, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Lafleur they use words like Lafleur, Full, Long, Tannins, Purple, Black, Ruby, Subtle, Kirsch, Dense, Fruit, Licorice, Sweet, Rich, Cherry. The 2010 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2010 but no other wine from Château Lafleur: Muscle, Hazelnuts, Peel, Orange, Hardness, Nascent, Stone, Poise, Chalky, Definition. ; it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2010 (12.5% vs 13.47%). The wine will be ready to drink in 4 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). It normally takes wines from Château Lafleur around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 18 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Ausone 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Cheval Blanc 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Angélus 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 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 Lafleur 2010
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-02-02 |
gbp |
1202 |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
662 |