Château Léoville-Las Cases 1999

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 871; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1999 which is 880. 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 1999 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1999 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Las Cases: Exotic, Unusual, Exciting, Warm. The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 2 years (by 2018). It normally takes wines from Château Léoville-Las Cases around 14 years to be ready to start drinking, and 19 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Palmer 2012, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 2005.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
69	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	566%
69	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	12%
67	Les Forts de Latour 2009	54%
67	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-72%
65	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	-24%
64	Château Palmer 2012	62%
55	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	82%
52	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-1%
52	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	64%
52	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	20%
52	Les Forts de Latour 2005	44%
51	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-35%
51	Château Latour 2009	908%
50	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	-37%
50	Château Margaux 2010	744%
49	Château Latour 2003	611%
48	Château Palmer 2009	125%
48	Château Palmer 2008	-2%
47	Château Potensac 2005	-77%
47	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-53%
47	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	360%
46	Château Cheval Blanc 2004	146%
46	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	294%
46	Château Margaux 2006	227%
46	Château Margaux 2008	125%
46	Château Latour 1996	615%
45	Vieux Château Certan 2004	-35%
45	Château Labégorce 2010	-70%
45	Château Lynch-Bages 2008	-11%
45	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	429%
45	Château Ausone 2010	921%
44	Château Palmer 2005	124%
44	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-59%
43	Château Haut-Brion 2010	577%
43	Château Mouton Rothschild 2005	1090%
43	Château Calon-Ségur 2005	-27%
43	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	-8%
43	Château Margaux 2009	886%
43	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-1%
43	Les Forts de Latour 2006	97%
42	Château Lafite Rothschild 2005	1933%
42	Château Lynch-Bages 2005	14%
42	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	20%
42	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-51%