WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 835; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 871. 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 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Cellared, Unusual. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.65%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2006 (12.5% vs 13.01%). The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). 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 2005, Château Margaux 2006, Château Lagrange (St Julien) 2010, Château Mouton Rothschild 2005, Château Lynch-Bages 2000; but better value alternatives would be Château Batailley 2008, Château Batailley 2000, Château Gloria 2005, Château Gruaud-Larose 2010, Château Malescot St Exupéry 2006.
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 2006
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
50 |