WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 816; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2000 which is 902. The average score for Château Villa Bel-Air is 793, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Villa Bel-Air they use words like Attractive, Ripe, Oak, Balanced, Delicious, Fruit, Barrels, Aged, Cherry, Chocolate, Rich, Tannins, Milk, Supple, Smoky. The 2000 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2000 but no other wine from Château Villa Bel-Air: Cellaring, Precocious, Layered, Wonderful, Plush, Earth, Scorched, Tobacco, Mocha, Textbook. The wine has been ready to drink for 14 years (since 2002) and has been past its best for 4 (since 2012). It normally takes wines from Château Villa Bel-Air around 3 years to be ready to start drinking, and 10 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Pavie 2009, Château Margaux 2006; but better value alternatives would be Château d’Angludet 2011, Château Langoa-Barton 2006, Château Labégorce 2010.
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Prices & Deals for Château Villa Bel-Air 2000
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
25 |