WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1990 which is 907. The average score for Château Latour is 920, 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 1990 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1990 but no other wine from Château Latour: Opulently, Lean, Damsons, Earthy, Winner, Decanter, Fruitiness. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.98%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1990 (12.5% vs 12.7%). The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2005) and should be consumed within the next 13 years (by 2030). 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 Margaux 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Mouton Rothschild 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2007; but better value alternatives would be Château Mouton Rothschild 2005, Château Lynch-Bages 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Giscours 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 Latour 1990
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
542 |