Château Lynch-Bages 2012

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 816; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 871. The average score for Château Lynch-Bages is 888, making this a below average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Lynch-Bages they use words like Fruit, Cassis, Black, Full, Tannins, Purple, Ripe, Dense, Classic, Long, Dark, Sweet, Ruby, Rich, Firm. The 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Lynch-Bages: Lemons, Impeccable, Bland, Monolithic, Grainy, Clean, Dry, Intrusive, Mulberry, Roaring. The wine will be ready to drink in 4 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 16 years (by 2032). It normally takes wines from Château Lynch-Bages around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 16 further years to decline.

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

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
144	Château Palmer 2012	143%
140	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	14%
124	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-37%
118	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	67%
96	Château d’Issan 2009	-19%
85	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-3%
85	Château Margaux 2006	390%
85	Château Figeac 2012	-59%
84	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	392%
82	Château Haut-Brion 2010	856%
81	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	159%
80	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	49%
77	Château Giscours 2009	-31%
75	Château Margaux 2006	390%
74	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	48%
73	Château Haut-Brion 2009	563%
73	Château Cos d’Estournel 2010	49%
73	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	549%
73	Château Margaux 2010	1163%
73	Château Giscours 2005	28%
72	Château Palmer 2008	47%
72	Château Gloria 2009	-60%
72	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-27%
71	Château Montrose 2005	494%
71	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	109%
71	Château Margaux 2008	237%
71	Château Cheval Blanc 2006	409%
71	Château Gloria 2010	-49%
71	Château Talbot 2010	-42%
70	Château Margaux 2005	849%
70	Château Margaux 2012	201%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-16	gbp	69
2016-01-05	gbp	52