WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 937; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1989 which is 921. The average score for Château Léoville-Poyferré is 881, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Léoville-Poyferré they use words like Tannins, Fruit, Black, Structure, Purple, Sweet, Ripe, Cassis, Full, Long, Tannin, Rich, Deep, Fleshy, Cherry. The 1989 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1989 but no other wine from Château Léoville-Poyferré: Toughness. The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2004) and should be consumed within the next 2 years (by 2018). It normally takes wines from Château Léoville-Poyferré around 9 years to be ready to start drinking, and 14 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Batailley 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Léoville-Barton 2008.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Léoville-Poyferré 1989
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
126 |