WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 931; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1990 which is 897. The average score for Château Palmer is 931, making this a representative 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 1990 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1990 but no other wine from Château Palmer: Underrated, Corked, Disjointed, Joyous. The wine has been ready to drink for 16 years (since 2000) and has been past its best for 6 (since 2010). 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 Palmer 2012, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Pontet-Canet 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Palmer 1990
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-31 |
gbp |
117 |