WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 920; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1989 which is 917. The average score for Château Talbot is 891, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Talbot they use words like Fruit, Black, Full, Ruby, Tannins, Ripe, Currant, Purple, Tannin, Soft, Sweet, Licorice, Oak, Supple, Impressive. The 1989 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1989 but no other wine from Château Talbot: Promises, Voluptuous, Leathery. The wine has approximately standard levels of alcohol for the producer (13% vs 12.83%); it has average levels of alcohol for the region in 1989 (13% vs 12.92%). The wine has been ready to drink for 22 years (since 1994) and has been past its best for 1 (since 2015). It normally takes wines from Château Talbot around 5 years to be ready to start drinking, and 14 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Pontet-Canet 2009, Château Margaux 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Gloria 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Branaire-Ducru 2010, Château Cos d’Estournel 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers below average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 70% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Talbot 1989
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
65 |
| 2015-08-16 |
gbp |
125 |