Château Rieussec 2006

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 908; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2006 which is 905. 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 2006 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2006 but no other wine from Château Rieussec: Generous, Ripeness, Dryness, Extensive, Profound, Delicious, Destined, Longer. The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 3 years (by 2021). 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 Rieussec 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Lafaurie-Peyraguey 2007, Château La Tour Blanche 2010, Château Batailley 2014, Les Pagodes de Cos 2010.

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
40	Château Rieussec 2009	20%
38	Château Lafite Rothschild 2008	1555%
36	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-31%
34	Château Palmer 2012	303%
34	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	89%
30	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012	5%
26	Château Rieussec 2010	40%
24	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	177%
24	Les Forts de Latour 2010	326%
22	Château Margaux 2006	713%
22	Château Haut-Brion 2008	60%
22	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	329%
22	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	198%
22	Vieux Château Certan 2004	62%
22	Château Latour 2003	1666%
22	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2010	148%
22	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	977%
22	Les Forts de Latour 2005	258%
22	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	2%
22	Château Pavie 2009	388%
22	Château Batailley 2014	-50%
22	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	146%
22	Château Latour 1996	1675%
22	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	717%
22	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	17%
22	Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2012	34%
22	Château Margaux 2010	1995%
22	Château Ausone 2010	2435%
21	Château Haut-Brion 2010	1486%
20	Château Latour 2009	2404%
20	Château Cheval Blanc 2007	652%
20	Château Talbot 2005	12%
20	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	21%
20	Château Troplong-Mondot 2010	130%
20	Château Léoville-Barton 2008	8%
20	Les Pagodes de Cos 2010	-1%
20	Château Pontet-Canet 2009	307%
20	Château Mouton Rothschild 2006	1042%
20	Château Margaux 2009	2349%
20	Château Giscours 2009	15%
20	Château Lafleur 2010	2651%
20	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	74%
20	Château d’Issan 2009	34%
20	Les Forts de Latour 2009	282%
20	Château Hosanna 2007	29%
20	Château Bélair-Monange 2011	38%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-17	gbp	34