WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 822; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2008 which is 860. The average score for Château Margaux is 906, making this a below 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 2008 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2008 but no other wine from Château Margaux: Drastic, Longevity, Enigmatic, Broody, Austerity, Cigar, Introspective, Flowing, Enriched, Suppleness. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.88%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 2008 (13% vs 13.02%). The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 18 years (by 2034). 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 Latour 2003, Château Margaux 2006, Château Cheval Blanc 2007, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2006.
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. This wine is in the bottom 10% of wines by value; you might very well be paying for the name, rather than the wine.
Similar Wines from Nearby
Similar Wines from Other Regions
Prices & Deals for Château Margaux 2008
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-24 |
gbp |
48 |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
260 |
| 2016-01-04 |
gbp |
320 |