Château Pichon-Lalande 1990

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 861; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1990 which is 903. The average score for Château Pichon-Lalande is 905, making this a below 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 1990 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1990 but no other wine from Château Pichon-Lalande: Substantial, Volume. The wine has been ready to drink for 18 years (since 1998) and has been past its best for 6 (since 2010). 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 Palmer 2012, Château Haut-Brion 2009, Château Margaux 2006, Château Haut-Brion 2011, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château d’Issan 2005, Château Giscours 2009, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
26	Château d’Issan 2005	9%
25	Château Haut-Brion 2009	486%
25	Château Giscours 2009	-39%
25	Château Margaux 2006	333%
24	Château Haut-Brion 2008	-14%
24	Château Haut-Brion 2011	159%
24	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	335%
24	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	31%
24	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-36%
24	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	-20%
23	Château Cheval Blanc 2007	300%
23	Château Potensac 2005	-69%
23	Château Haut-Bailly 2007	-50%
23	Château Labégorce 2010	-61%
23	Château Cantemerle 2014	-66%
23	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2014	52%
23	Château Palmer 2008	30%
23	Château Giscours 1995	-14%
23	Château Langoa-Barton 2009	-61%
23	Château Langoa-Barton 2006	-74%
23	Château Margaux 2008	198%
23	Château Margaux 2010	1016%
23	Château Margaux 2009	1205%
23	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	129%
22	Château Ausone 2010	1251%
22	Château Gloria 2009	-64%
22	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2004	-42%
22	Château Talbot 2009	-31%
22	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	22%
22	Château Brane-Cantenac 2002	-52%
22	Château Figeac 2012	-64%
22	Vieux Château Certan 2005	72%
22	Château Palmer 2009	198%
22	Château Hosanna 2007	-31%
22	Château Margaux 1998	437%
22	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	148%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	83