Château Langoa-Barton 2005

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 859; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 889. The average score for Château Langoa-Barton is 876, making this a below 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 2005 shares some of these characteristics. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 12.71%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2005 (13.5% vs 13.1%). The wine has been ready to drink for 1 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 12 years (by 2028). 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 Léoville-Poyferré 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2004; but better value alternatives would be Château Meyney 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Lynch-Bages 2012, Château Haut-Batailley 2009.

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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
35	Château Lafite Rothschild 2005	2845%
35	Château Montrose 2009	138%
34	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005	-6%
34	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	-9%
34	Les Forts de Latour 2009	123%
34	Les Forts de Latour 2009	123%
34	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	74%
33	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-32%
33	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	74%
33	Château Margaux 2005	818%
33	Château Haut-Bailly 2009	256%
33	Château Calon-Ségur 2005	6%
33	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	865%
32	Château Lynch-Bages 2005	66%
32	Château Margaux 2006	374%
32	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	471%
32	Château Latour 2000	1245%
32	Château Giscours 2005	23%
32	Château Cantemerle 2005	-57%
32	Château Margaux 2006	374%
31	Château d’Issan 2009	-22%
31	Château d’Issan 2009	-22%
31	Château Lynch-Bages 2012	-3%
31	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2004	-53%
31	Château Lynch-Bages 2007	-5%
31	Château d’Armailhac 2010	-37%
31	Château Lafite Rothschild 2007	729%
31	Château Lafite Rothschild 2004	908%
31	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	2%
31	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-41%
31	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-6%
31	Château Montrose 2010	84%
31	Château Mouton Rothschild 2009	1282%
31	Château Mouton Rothschild 2010	993%
31	Château Mouton Rothschild 2007	311%
31	Château Latour 2003	930%
31	Château Latour 2004	474%
31	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	44%
31	Château Giscours 2000	3%
31	Château Brane-Cantenac 2010	-5%
31	Château Cheval Blanc 2005	651%
31	Château Pontet-Canet 2011	127%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-17	gbp	67