WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 875; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 886. The average score for Château Latour is 924, making this a below 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 1998 shares some of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château Latour: Christian, Restraint, Hallmarks, Mocca. The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 8 years (by 2025). 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 2006, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Mouton Rothschild 2008, Château Mouton Rothschild 2011; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006, Château Pontet-Canet 2007.
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 1998
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
300 |