WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 894; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 859. The average score for Château Prieuré-Lichine is 885, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Prieuré-Lichine they use words like Purple, Black, Fruit, Full, Oak, Ruby, Cassis, Tannins, Deep, Tannin, Cherries, Spice, Impressive, Attractive, Currant. The 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Prieuré-Lichine: Lasting, Capable, Inky, Reticent, Camphor, Graphite, Restrained, Subtle. The wine is ready to drink now (2016) and should be consumed within the next 10 years (by 2026). It normally takes wines from Château Prieuré-Lichine around 4 years to be ready to start drinking, and 15 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château Batailley 2014, Château de Fonbel 2010, Château Labégorce 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very high value for money, beating 80% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Prieuré-Lichine 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
24 |