WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 802; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 847. 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Tautness, Monolithic, Astringency, Bitterness, Elevated, Unsmoked, Aged, Endless, Extreme, Density. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 16 years (by 2032). 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 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 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 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
52 |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
70 |