WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 821; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2010 which is 886. The average score for Château Rieussec is 904, 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 2010 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2010 but no other wine from Château Rieussec: Lush, Fig, Green, Bitter, Concentrated, Aromatics, Persistency, Sophisticated, Harmony, Tannins. The wine has roughly a similar level of alcohol for the producer (12.5% vs 12.86%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2010 (12.5% vs 13.47%). The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2015) and should be consumed within the next 12 years (by 2030). 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 La Conseillante 2010, Château Latour 2009, Château Lafite Rothschild 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château d’Yquem 2011; but better value alternatives would be Château Gloria 2009, Château Suduiraut 2007, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Le Gay 2012, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009.
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 2010
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-17 |
gbp |
56 |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
57 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
40 |