WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 826; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2013 which is 855. The average score for Château Lafleur is 887, 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 2013 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2013 but no other wine from Château Lafleur: Attractive, Excellent, Flamboyant, Saline, Marine. 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Ausone 2010, Château Cheval Blanc 2007, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château Cheval Blanc 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, 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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Lafleur 2013
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-02-02 |
gbp |
362 |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
250 |