WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 822; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 869. The average score for Château L’Eglise-Clinet is 893, 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château L’Eglise-Clinet: Edginess, Gravitas, Tarmac, Cigar, Pressed, Cake, Transformed, Stylish, Hazelnut, Builds. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 12%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2012 (12.5% vs 12.92%). The wine is ready to drink now (2016) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Pavie 2005, Château Cheval Blanc 2005, Château Angélus 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Margaux 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château La Conseillante 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Palmer 2005, Château Palmer 2012, Château Pétrus 2012.
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, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
281 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
133 |