WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 854; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1997 which is 897. The average score for Château Léoville-Barton is 878, making this a below 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 1997 shares some of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1997 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Round. The wine has been ready to drink for 14 years (since 2002) and should be consumed now (2016). 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 Palmer 2012, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2000, Château Ausone 2006, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006, Château Batailley 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Léoville-Barton 1997
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
61 |