WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 930; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2001 which is 876. 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 2001 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2001 but no other wine from Château Latour: Tangy, Volume, Dusty, Punch, Tarry, Pungent. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.96%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2001 (13% vs 12.78%). The wine has been ready to drink for 9 years (since 2008) 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 La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Margaux 2006, Château Margaux 2010, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 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 2001
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-26 |
gbp |
300 |
| 2015-07-16 |
gbp |
295 |