WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 956; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 892. The average score for Château Latour is 922, 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 1996 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1996 but no other wine from Château Latour: Carries, Ripening, Heaviness, Formidable, Cranberry, Damp, Delicate, Sugar, Tapenade, Indian. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12% vs 13.02%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 1996 (12% vs 12.53%). The wine has been ready to drink for 9 years (since 2008) 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 Mouton Rothschild 2010, Château Margaux 2010, Château Margaux 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Margaux 2006, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Latour 2003, Les Forts de Latour 2006.
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 1996
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-02-02 |
gbp |
770 |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
442 |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
950 |