WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 800; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 852. The average score for Château Léoville-Barton is 879, 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 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Atypical, Searing, Brawny, Improve, Suave, Stylish, Succulent, Prune, Assertive, Cake. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.65%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2008 (12.5% vs 13.02%). The wine is ready to drink now (2016) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Giscours 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2011, Château Giscours 2009.
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 2008
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
48 |