Château Latour 2006
WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 831; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 861. 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 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château Latour: Pebble, Patience, Tautness, Breadth, Longer. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (14% vs 12.94%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 2006 (14% vs 13.01%). The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2014) and should be consumed within the next 11 years (by 2028). 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 Latour 2009, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Les Forts de Latour 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Margaux 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.
Similar Wines from Nearby
| Similarity Score | Wine | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 76 | Les Forts de Latour 2010 | -68% |
| 69 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -78% |
| 68 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -78% |
| 65 | Château Pontet-Canet 2009 | -72% |
| 65 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2006 | -12% |
| 65 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2005 | 345% |
| 63 | Château Clerc-Milon 2005 | -91% |
| 63 | Château Pontet-Canet 2008 | -88% |
| 63 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 | -90% |
| 62 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 | -90% |
| 62 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009 | -90% |
| 61 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2010 | 51% |
| 60 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2005 | -31% |
| 60 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2008 | 46% |
| 60 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -78% |
| 60 | Château Pontet-Canet 2005 | -78% |
| 59 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2008 | 46% |
| 59 | Château Lynch-Bages 2010 | -79% |
| 59 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2008 | 46% |
| 59 | Château Lafite Rothschild 2006 | 32% |
| 58 | Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005 | -86% |
| 57 | Château Pontet-Canet 2011 | -91% |
| 57 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2009 | 0% |
| 57 | Château Mouton Rothschild 2011 | -39% |
Similar Wines from Other Regions
| Similarity Score | Wine | Price Difference |
|---|---|---|
| 80 | Château Latour 2009 | 121% |
| 66 | Château Cheval Blanc 2005 | -4% |
| 64 | Château Haut-Bailly 2009 | -78% |
| 64 | Château Margaux 2006 | -28% |
| 63 | Château Margaux 2006 | -28% |
| 63 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005 | -28% |
| 62 | Château Giscours 2005 | -81% |
| 61 | Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005 | -28% |
| 61 | Château Margaux 2005 | 39% |
| 61 | Château Cheval Blanc 2006 | -26% |
| 61 | Château Angélus 2005 | -42% |
| 60 | Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005 | -83% |
| 59 | Château Cos d’Estournel 2005 | -62% |
| 59 | Château Léoville-Las Cases 2010 | -65% |
| 58 | Château Calon-Ségur 2005 | -88% |
| 58 | Château Haut-Brion 2008 | -86% |
| 58 | Château Cos d’Estournel 2010 | -78% |
| 58 | Château Ausone 2010 | 124% |
| 58 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005 | -78% |
| 58 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012 | -91% |
| 58 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005 | -78% |
| 58 | Château Montrose 2009 | -64% |
| 57 | Château Pavie 2005 | -50% |
| 57 | Château Brane-Cantenac 2010 | -86% |
| 57 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005 | -78% |
| 57 | Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012 | -91% |
Prices & Deals for Château Latour 2006
| Date | Currency | Price |
|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-02 | gbp | 398 |
| 2015-08-18 | gbp | 312 |