WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 773; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2004 which is 844. The average score for Château L’Eglise-Clinet is 895, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château L’Eglise-Clinet they use words like Full, Fruit, Purple, Sweet, Pomerol, Traditional, Ripe, Black, Oak, Rich, Cherry, Tannins, Dark, Fruits, Long. The 2004 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2004 but no other wine from Château L’Eglise-Clinet: Skinny, Sultry, Layer, Pedigree, Stuffing, Toned, Raisin, Leather, Neat, Carries. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12% vs 12.5%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2004 (12% vs 12.86%). The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2011) and should be consumed within the next 4 years (by 2020). It normally takes wines from Château L’Eglise-Clinet around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 16 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Palmer 2012, Château Clos Fourtet 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Giscours 2005, Château Calon-Ségur 2005, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014.
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 L’Eglise-Clinet 2004
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
77 |
| 2016-01-13 |
gbp |
112 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
65 |