WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 862; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 883. The average score for Château Rieussec is 902, making this a below 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Rieussec: Multifaceted, Liquorous, Steely, Stoniness, Pear, Yellow, Fleshed, Superstar, Poise, Edge. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.6%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2009 (12.5% vs 13.34%). The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2020) and should be consumed within the next 17 years (by 2035). 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 Suduiraut 2009, Château d’Yquem 2011, Château d’Yquem 2008, Château d’Yquem 2009, Château Angélus 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château La Tour Blanche 2009, Château Coutet 2009, Château Guiraud 2011, Château Suduiraut 2010, Château Suduiraut 2003.
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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Rieussec 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
67 |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
66 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
50 |
| 2016-01-04 |
gbp |
30 |