Château Léoville-Barton 2012

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 813; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 871. 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Barton: Muscle, Masculinity, Soft, Delineated, Introspective, Lean, Neutral, Shavings, Overworked, Crunchy. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) 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 Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château d’Issan 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Figeac 2012, Château Brane-Cantenac 2010, 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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
109	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	1210%
105	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	50%
102	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-17%
95	Château Palmer 2012	219%
93	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-45%
89	Les Forts de Latour 2008	196%
87	Les Forts de Latour 2009	202%
87	Château d’Issan 2009	6%
84	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	120%
72	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	38%
71	Les Forts de Latour 2005	184%
67	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	136%
67	Château Haut-Brion 2008	27%
65	Château Haut-Brion 2010	1231%
63	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-7%
63	Château Lynch-Bages 2008	76%
63	Château Margaux 2006	543%
63	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	804%
63	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	222%
62	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	257%
62	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	23%
62	Château Margaux 2010	1558%
62	Château Figeac 2012	-5%
62	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	675%
61	Château Latour 2003	1298%
61	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2005	28%
60	Château Brane-Cantenac 2010	29%
60	Château Latour 2009	1882%
60	Les Forts de Latour 2010	237%
60	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	95%
60	Château Lafite Rothschild 2005	3896%
59	Château Haut-Bailly 2009	383%
59	Château Giscours 2009	-9%
59	Château Haut-Brion 2009	1135%
58	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	19%
58	Château Pontet-Canet 2011	208%
58	Château Margaux 2008	342%
57	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	136%
57	Château Latour 2011	479%
56	Château Batailley 2010	479%
56	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	560%
56	Château Lynch-Bages 2007	29%
56	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-20%
55	Château Cheval Blanc 2010	1501%
55	Les Forts de Latour 2006	288%