Château Léoville-Barton 1995

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 898; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1995 which is 906. 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 1995 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1995 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Textbook, Oaky, Reticent. The wine has been ready to drink for 14 years (since 2002) and should be consumed within the next 4 years (by 2020). 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 Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Latour 1995, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Gloria 2010, Château Talbot 2010.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
49	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	23%
49	Château Latour 1995	668%
48	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-32%
47	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-55%
41	Les Forts de Latour 2009	148%
41	Château Palmer 2012	162%
39	Château Margaux 2006	428%
38	Château Margaux 2001	468%
36	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	193%
36	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	94%
35	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-24%
35	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	442%
35	Les Forts de Latour 2005	133%
35	Château Latour 1996	1053%
35	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	13%
34	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	80%
34	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	60%
34	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	164%
33	Château Batailley 2010	375%
33	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	643%
33	Château Latour 2006	637%
33	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	48%
33	Château Pontet-Canet 2002	-28%
32	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	-2%
32	Château Latour 2008	448%
32	Château Latour 2003	1048%
32	Château Latour 2009	1527%
32	Les Forts de Latour 2010	177%
32	Château Latour 2011	376%
32	Les Forts de Latour 2006	218%
32	Château Cantemerle 2011	-73%
32	Château Labégorce 2010	-52%
32	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-34%
32	Château Haut-Brion 2008	4%
31	Château Lynch-Bages 2008	44%
31	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	1%
31	Château Batailley 2012	-67%
31	Château Figeac 2012	-22%
31	Château Potensac 2005	-62%
31	Château Haut-Brion 2011	216%
30	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	536%
30	Château Haut-Brion 2010	992%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-17	gbp	68