WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 918; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 875. The average score for Château Le Gay is 869, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Le Gay they use words like Dark, Pomerol, Fruit, Black, Full, Sweet, Ruby, Tannins, Long, Dense, Ripe, Purple, Oak, Blackberry, Purity. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Le Gay: Steely, Ultrasilky, Spine, Symmetrical, Exquisite, Kudos, Glycerin, Lofty, Kirsch, Acacia. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 24 years (by 2040). It normally takes wines from Château Le Gay around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 15 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Le Gay 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
104 |