WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 938; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2014 which is 870. The average score for Château Lafleur is 884, making this an above 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 2014 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2014 but no other wine from Château Lafleur: Prettiness, Patience, Salinity, Voluminous, Finesse, Ethereal, Dramatic, Confident. The wine will be ready to drink in 3 years (in 2019) and should be consumed within the next 29 years (by 2045). 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 Haut-Brion 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Pontet-Canet 2005.
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 2014
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
292 |