Château Léoville-Barton 1996

WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 935; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 902. 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 1996 shares most of these characteristics. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.65%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1996 (12.5% vs 12.53%). 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 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2004, Château Margaux 2006, Château Léoville-Las Cases 2009, Château Mouton Rothschild 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005, Château Haut-Batailley 2014, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Lynch-Bages 2005.

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.

Similar Wines from Nearby

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
35	Château Léoville-Las Cases 2009	149%
34	Château Léoville-Las Cases 2011	-7%
33	Château Léoville-Las Cases 2012	-17%
33	Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2005	50%
32	Château Léoville-Las Cases 2004	2%
32	Château Léoville-Las Cases 2010	187%
32	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2014	-48%
32	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005	-23%
32	Château Lagrange (St Julien) 2010	190%
32	Château Ducru-Beaucaillou 2006	1%

Similar Wines from Other Regions

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
36	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	5%
34	Château Lafite Rothschild 2011	243%
34	Château Lafite Rothschild 2005	1676%
34	Château Mouton Rothschild 2009	733%
34	Château Mouton Rothschild 2010	559%
34	Château Latour 2009	781%
34	Château Latour 2005	472%
33	Château Lafite Rothschild 2001	339%
33	Château Lafite Rothschild 2004	508%
33	Château Lafite Rothschild 2007	400%
33	Château Lafite Rothschild 2010	436%
33	Château Margaux 2006	186%
33	Château Montrose 2009	43%
33	Château Sociando-Mallet 2006	-84%
33	Château Mouton Rothschild 2005	940%
33	Château Giscours 2005	-26%
33	Château Margaux 2010	637%
33	Château Margaux 2009	761%
32	Château Lynch-Bages 2005	0%
32	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2014	-28%
32	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005	-43%
32	Château Cos d’Estournel 2010	62%
32	Château Cos d’Estournel 2009	126%
32	Château Lynch-Bages 2010	6%
32	Château Lynch-Bages 2012	-42%
32	Château La Dame de Montrose 2010	-66%
32	Château Haut-Batailley 2009	-83%
32	Château Haut-Batailley 2014	-82%
32	Château Haut-Bages-Libéral 2009	-10%
32	Château Latour 2004	246%
32	Les Forts de Latour 2006	72%
32	Château Latour 2007	107%
32	Château Clerc-Milon 2005	-64%
32	Château Cheval Blanc 2010	611%
32	Château Cheval Blanc 2009	596%
32	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-76%
32	Château Pontet-Canet 2011	37%
32	Château Batailley 2010	157%
31	Château Lynch-Bages 2007	-43%
31	Château Lynch-Bages 2006	19%

Prices & Deals for Château Léoville-Barton 1996

Date	Currency	Price
2015-12-08	gbp	112