WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 1000; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1982 which is 902. The average score for Château Margaux is 902, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Margaux they use words like Fruit, Tannins, Concentrated, Full, Flowers, Cassis, Long, Fine, Purple, Tannin, Sweet, Pure, Black, Elegant, Dark. The 1982 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1982 but no other wine from Château Margaux: Rusticity, Tar, Glycerin, Damp, Incense, Coarse. The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2003) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). It normally takes wines from Château Margaux around 11 years to be ready to start drinking, and 19 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 2003, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Margaux 1982
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
238 |