WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 947; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 900. The average score for Château Langoa-Barton is 874, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Langoa-Barton they use words like Fruit, Tannins, Full, Classic, Depth, Rich, Dense, Cassis, Oak, Structure, Ripe, Dark, Fine, Long, Purple. The 1996 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1996 but no other wine from Château Langoa-Barton: Delicious, Backbone, Fullish, Generous, Worthy. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.75%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1996 (12.5% vs 12.53%). The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2003) and should be consumed within the next 4 years (by 2020). It normally takes wines from Château Langoa-Barton around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Latour 1996, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Margaux 2008, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château d’Armailhac 2009, Château du Tertre 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Langoa-Barton 1996
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
54 |
| 2016-01-13 |
gbp |
68 |