Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2008

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 914; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 865. The average score for Château L’Eglise-Clinet is 891, making this an above 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 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château L’Eglise-Clinet: Dominance, Introspective, Legs, Explosive, Intellectual, Intriguing, Appetising, Mouthfilling, Fragrance, Stones. 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
127	Château Palmer 2012	95%
118	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	702%
114	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-67%
111	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	-18%
111	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-49%
105	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	34%
102	Les Forts de Latour 2009	49%
90	Château d’Issan 2009	-35%
82	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	20%
82	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	108%
80	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	296%
76	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	-35%
76	Château Pavie 2009	136%
75	Château Angélus 2005	218%
75	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-22%
74	Château Margaux 2006	294%
73	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	20%
72	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	53%
72	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-43%
72	Château Pavie 2005	173%
71	Les Forts de Latour 2005	41%
71	Château Haut-Brion 2009	433%
70	Château Latour 2003	755%
70	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	19%
70	Château Palmer 2008	18%
70	Château Cheval Blanc 2005	426%
70	Château Cheval Blanc 2006	309%
69	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	422%
69	Château Latour 2009	1113%
69	Château Latour 2005	687%
68	Château Margaux 2008	171%
68	Château Clos Fourtet 2005	39%
68	Château Ausone 2010	1128%
67	Château Margaux 2010	915%
67	Château Giscours 2005	2%
67	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-51%
66	Château Haut-Brion 2010	668%
66	Château Léoville-Las Cases 2009	82%
66	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	20%
65	Château Latour 2011	255%
65	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2010	145%
65	Château Mouton Rothschild 2008	279%
65	Château Margaux 2006	294%
65	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006	-58%
64	Château Lafite Rothschild 2005	2345%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	92