Château Rieussec 2003

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 914; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2003 which is 885. The average score for Château Rieussec is 900, 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 2003 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2003 but no other wine from Château Rieussec: Mango, Cloying, Syrupy, Mature, Unfold, Coconut, Unevolved, Flamboyant, Fat, Glycerin. The wine has been ready to drink for 5 years (since 2013) and should be consumed within the next 6 years (by 2024). 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 Rieussec 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008; but better value alternatives would be Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2007, Château Batailley 2014.

MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very good value for money, beating 70% of other wines when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
66	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	242%
60	Château Rieussec 2009	116%
60	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	25%
58	Château Palmer 2012	627%
56	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	2889%
52	Les Forts de Latour 2009	590%
52	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	90%
50	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	401%
40	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	347%
40	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	675%
40	Les Forts de Latour 2005	547%
40	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	438%
40	Château Haut-Brion 2008	190%
40	Château Latour 2009	4422%
38	Château Batailley 2010	1221%
38	Château Ausone 2010	4479%
38	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	1375%
38	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	527%
38	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	1845%
38	Château Rieussec 2010	152%
36	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	215%
36	Les Pagodes de Cos 2010	79%
36	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010	180%
36	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	1964%
36	Château Cheval Blanc 2012	1250%
36	Château le Tertre Rôteboeuf 2006	251%
36	Château Giscours 2009	108%
35	Château Pavie Macquin 2009	86%
35	Château Haut-Brion 2010	2764%
34	Château Pavie 2009	782%
34	Château Figeac 2012	22%
34	Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2012	141%
34	Château Bélair-Monange 2011	149%
34	Château Latour 2003	3089%
34	Château Haut-Brion 2009	1888%
34	Château Mouton Rothschild 2011	1407%
34	Vieux Château Certan 2005	482%
34	Château Potensac 2005	4%
34	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	111%
34	Château Batailley 2014	-10%
34	Château Margaux 2010	3684%
34	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	345%
33	Château Mouton Rothschild 2005	5239%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	25