Château Pichon-Lalande 1989

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 991; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1989 which is 898. The average score for Château Pichon-Lalande is 901, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Château Pichon-Lalande they use words like Tannins, Full, Fruit, Black, Purple, Fine, Elegant, Fruits, Deep, Pure, Sweet, Graphite, Ripe, Plump, Rich. The 1989 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1989 but no other wine from Château Pichon-Lalande: Creme, Profound, Superior, Mushroom, Mellowed, Aeration, Blossoms, Loam, Tea. The wine has been ready to drink for 14 years (since 2002) and should be consumed within the next 1 years (by 2017). It normally takes wines from Château Pichon-Lalande around 10 years to be ready to start drinking, and 14 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Margaux 2001; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005.

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.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
73	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	-5%
73	Château Palmer 2012	38%
67	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	-64%
58	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	48%
52	Château Margaux 2001	200%
52	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-45%
51	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	-15%
48	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	181%
48	Château Margaux 2006	179%
48	Château Ausone 2010	772%
47	Château Margaux 2010	620%
46	Château Gloria 2009	-77%
46	Château Talbot 2010	-67%
46	Château Potensac 2005	-80%
46	Château Branaire-Ducru 2010	-64%
46	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	270%
46	Château Haut-Brion 2010	445%
45	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	-15%
45	Château Palmer 2008	-16%
45	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-59%
44	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	-21%
44	Château Giscours 2005	-27%
44	Château Haut-Brion 2009	278%
44	Château d’Issan 2010	-55%
44	Château Palmer 2009	92%
44	Château Margaux 2008	92%
43	Château Palmer 2005	92%
43	Château Giscours 2009	-60%
43	Château Giscours 2010	-48%
42	Château Figeac 2012	-77%
42	Vieux Château Certan 2004	-44%
42	Château Pavie 2009	68%
42	Château Giscours 2012	-70%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	129