WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 906; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1988 which is 894. The average score for Château Léoville-Barton is 876, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Léoville-Barton they use words like Fruit, Full, Tannins, Cassis, Purple, Rich, Black, Long, Classic, Dark, Tannin, Concentrated, Firm, Ripe, Cedar. The 1988 shares some of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1988 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Pepper, Poise, Roast. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13% vs 12.62%)The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 5 years (by 2021). It normally takes wines from Château Léoville-Barton around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 16 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Margaux 2006, Les Forts de Latour 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 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 Léoville-Barton 1988
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2015-08-16 |
gbp |
125 |