WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 817; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 889. The average score for Château Talbot is 894, 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 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Talbot: Vibrant, Heavyweight, Mahogany, Raisins, Potential, Blue, Silkiness, Blueberries, Raspberries, Intriguing. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 12.67%); it has broadly similar levels of alcohol for the region in 2005 (13.5% vs 13.1%). The wine has been ready to drink for 4 years (since 2012) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Léoville-Poyferré 2005, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2005, Château Haut-Brion 2008, Château Lafite Rothschild 2007; but better value alternatives would be Château Clerc-Milon 2005, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2006, Château d’Armailhac 2010, Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Brane-Cantenac 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.
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Prices & Deals for Château Talbot 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
56 |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
44 |