Château Talbot 1998

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WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 878; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 895. The average score for Château Talbot is 892, making this a below 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 1998 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Château Talbot: Oaky, Volume, Astringent. The wine has been ready to drink for 13 years (since 2003) 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 Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2005, Château Batailley 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2006, Château Batailley 2014, Château Potensac 2005.

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
41	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008	-56%
41	Les Forts de Latour 2008	137%
41	Château Lynch-Bages 2011	20%
40	Château Palmer 2012	155%
35	Les Forts de Latour 2005	127%
34	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	89%
33	Château Batailley 2010	364%
33	Château Latour 2003	1020%
33	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014	-23%
32	Château Batailley 2014	-69%
32	Château Potensac 2005	-63%
32	Château Margaux 2006	416%
31	Château Giscours 2012	-45%
31	Château Brane-Cantenac 2009	45%
31	Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009	-26%
31	Château Pontet-Canet 2008	11%
31	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010	76%
31	Les Forts de Latour 2006	211%
31	Château Rauzan-Ségla 2005	56%
30	Château Cheval Blanc 2007	377%
30	Château Haut-Brion 2009	889%
30	Château Haut-Brion 2008	2%
30	Château Palmer 2008	55%
30	Château Margaux 2009	1454%
30	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	186%
30	Château d’Angludet 2000	-57%
30	Château Latour 1996	1026%
29	Château Giscours 2009	-27%
29	Château Cantemerle 2011	-74%
29	Château Margaux 2001	454%
29	Château Pontet-Canet 2007	-36%
29	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005	521%
29	Château Margaux 2008	254%
29	Château Margaux 2010	1229%
29	Château Cos d’Estournel 2008	-5%
28	Château Giscours 1995	3%
28	Château Giscours 2010	-4%
28	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2014	314%
28	Château Haut-Brion 2011	209%
28	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2012	196%

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-05	gbp	70