Château Léoville-Las Cases 1985

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 880; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1985 which is 892. The average score for Château Léoville-Las Cases is 926, making this a below average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Léoville-Las Cases they use words like Fruit, Cassis, Dense, Powerful, Ripe, Full, Black, Purple, Oak, Tannic, Currant, Rich, Classic, Pure, Sweet. The 1985 shares some of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1985 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Las Cases: Densely, Rim.

It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Margaux 2009, Château Latour 1996, Château Latour 1989, Les Forts de Latour 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
29	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	-53%
29	Les Forts de Latour 2008	-7%
27	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	312%
27	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-83%
26	Château Palmer 2012	0%
24	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-70%
24	Château Batailley 2014	-88%
24	Château Margaux 2009	509%
24	Les Forts de Latour 2006	22%
24	Château Latour 1989	131%
24	Château Latour 1996	342%
24	Les Forts de Latour 2005	-11%
23	Château Haut-Bailly 2007	-77%
23	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-60%
23	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-71%
23	Château Batailley 2010	82%
23	Château Lafite Rothschild 2002	157%
23	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-75%
23	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	184%
23	Château Margaux 2006	102%
23	Château Margaux 1995	155%
23	Château Latour 2003	339%
22	Château Giscours 2010	-62%
22	Château Giscours 1995	-60%
22	Château Potensac 2005	-86%
22	Château du Tertre 2004	-88%
22	Château Haut-Brion 2011	21%
22	Château Batailley 2003	-75%
22	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	52%
22	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2014	63%
22	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 1997	-36%
22	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	143%
22	Château Ausone 2010	531%
21	Château Lafleur 2010	584%
20	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	16%
19	Château le Tertre Rôteboeuf 2006	-52%
18	Château Troplong-Mondot 2010	31%
17	Château Margaux 2001	117%
17	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	-31%
16	Château Cheval Blanc 2006	110%
16	Château Montrose 2005	145%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-17	gbp	178