WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 865; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 898. The average score for Château Léoville-Barton is 877, 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 1998 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Star, Guts, Satisfying, Iron. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.67%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1998 (12.5% vs 12.66%). The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2011) and should be consumed within the next 2 years (by 2018). 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 Pontet-Canet 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Margaux 2006, Château Margaux 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Pontet-Canet 2011, Château Calon-Ségur 2005, Château Giscours 2005, Château Brane-Cantenac 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
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 1998
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
52 |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
57 |
| 2015-08-16 |
gbp |
85 |