WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 959; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1985 which is 894. The average score for Château Latour is 921, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Latour they use words like Fruit, Black, Full, Long, Tannins, Sweet, Tannin, Purple, Dark, Dense, Rich, Cassis, Deep, Ripe, Richness. The 1985 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1985 but no other wine from Château Latour: Herbaceous, Pleasant. The wine has been ready to drink for 17 years (since 2000) and has been past its best for 5 (since 2012). It normally takes wines from Château Latour around 12 years to be ready to start drinking, and 20 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Margaux 2010, Château Batailley 2010, Château Ausone 2010, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Margaux 2008.
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 Latour 1985
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
300 |