WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 935; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1985 which is 873. The average score for Château Palmer is 931, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Palmer they use words like Fruit, Full, Black, Tannins, Sweet, Long, Rich, Licorice, Deep, Purple, Dark, Dense, Ripe, Silky, Velvety. The 1985 shares some of these characteristics. It normally takes wines from Château Palmer around 8 years to be ready to start drinking, and 17 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 1995, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009, Château Margaux 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Haut-Brion 2008.
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 Palmer 1985
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
143 |