WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 854; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 879. The average score for Château Monbousquet is 921, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Monbousquet they use words like Tannins, Black, Fruit, Jammy, Fruits, Ripe, Firm, Concentrated, Spices, Oak, Supple, Full, Consistent, Round, Rich. The 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Monbousquet: Bitterness, Hallowed, Lasting, Capable, Cherry, Incense, Spicy, Flamboyant, Strong, Maceration. It normally takes wines from Château Monbousquet around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 10 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château de Fonbel 2010, Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château Labégorce 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very high value for money, beating 80% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Monbousquet 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
22 |