WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 893; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1999 which is 879. The average score for Château Latour is 923, 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 1999 shares most of these characteristics. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.96%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 1999 (13% vs 12.64%). The wine has been ready to drink for 7 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 5 years (by 2022). 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 Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Margaux 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Gloria 2010.
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 1999
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-02-02 |
gbp |
330 |
| 2015-08-18 |
gbp |
298 |