WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 998; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1996 which is 898. The average score for Château Rieussec is 897, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Rieussec they use words like Sweet, Full, Apricot, Honey, Botrytis, Fruit, Acidity, Rich, Dried, Sweetness, Ripe, Long, Lemon, Peach, Balanced. The 1996 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1996 but no other wine from Château Rieussec: Balance, Burnt. It normally takes wines from Château Rieussec around 7 years to be ready to start drinking, and 13 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château d’Yquem 2001, Château d’Yquem 1997, Château Latour 2009; but better value alternatives would be Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2007.
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 Rieussec 1996
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
25 |