WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 903; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 891. The average score for Château Péby-Faugères is 885, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Péby-Faugères they use words like Full, Blueberries, Opulent, Long, Tannins, Purple, Liqueur, Extraordinary, Decades, Dense, Tannic, Intensity, Black, Blackberries, Graphite. The 1998 shares all of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château Péby-Faugères: Tannin, Acidity, Personality, Harmonious, Rich, Vanillin, Minerals, Smoke, Aromatics, Thick. The wine has been ready to drink for 12 years (since 2004) and should be consumed now (2016). It normally takes wines from Château Péby-Faugères around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 9 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Latour 1995, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Mouton Rothschild 2006; but better value alternatives would be Vieux Château Certan 2004, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château de Fonbel 2010, Château Moulin St Georges 2006.
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 Péby-Faugères 1998
Date |
Currency |
Price |
2016-01-16 |
gbp |
122 |