Clos de l’Oratoire 1998

WineMine Description

MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 975; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 1998 which is 891. The average score for Clos de l’Oratoire is 907, making this an above average effort for the producer.

When people talk about wines from Clos de l’Oratoire they use words like Full, Black, Sweet, Dry, Bouquet, Rich, Smoky, Tannins, Sexy, Oak, Fruit, Licorice, Cherries, Fruitcake, Ripe. The 1998 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 1998 but no other wine from Clos de l’Oratoire: Power, Thick, Aromatics, Saturated, Decades, Large, Pure, Airing, Barbeque, Spices. The wine has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (13.5% vs 0%); it has significantly higher levels of alcohol than this region in 1998 (13.5% vs 12.66%). The wine has been ready to drink for 14 years (since 2002) and should be consumed within the next 4 years (by 2020). It normally takes wines from Clos de l’Oratoire around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 13 further years to decline.

It represents good value compared to Château La Conseillante 2005, Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2005, Château Le Pin 2005, Château Clos Fourtet 2005, Château Pavie 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Clinet 2005, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005, Château Clinet 2010, Château Clos Fourtet 2010, Château Giscours 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.

Similar Wines from Nearby

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
38	Château Clos Fourtet 2005	42%
37	Château Pavie 2005	178%
37	Château Angélus 2005	224%
36	Château La Mondotte 2009	196%
36	Château Clos Fourtet 2010	-11%
35	Château La Mondotte 2003	57%
35	Château Valandraud 2005	71%
35	Château Clos Fourtet 2009	71%
34	Château Cheval Blanc 2005	535%
34	Château Larcis-Ducasse 2005	76%
34	Château Pavie 2003	474%
34	Château Pavie 2012	48%
34	Château Pavie 2011	-56%
34	Château Clos Fourtet 2011	-22%
34	Château La Mondotte 2004	8%
34	Château La Gomerie 2005	-25%
33	Château Bellevue 2010	872%
33	Château Ausone 2010	1151%

Similar Wines from Other Regions

Similarity Score	Wine	Price Difference
42	Château La Conseillante 2005	127%
41	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2005	280%
40	Château Le Pin 2005	1844%
38	Château Clinet 2005	23%
37	Château Le Gay 2005	16%
37	Château Le Gay 2010	25%
36	Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005	9%
36	Château Clinet 2010	35%
36	Château L’Eglise-Clinet 2011	6%
36	Château Cos d’Estournel 2005	123%
36	Château Giscours 2005	4%
36	Château Lascombes 2005	-33%
35	Château Gazin 2010	-39%
35	Château Palmer 2005	175%
35	Château Clinet 2012	-28%
35	Château Le Gay 2012	-48%
35	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	47%
34	Château Gazin 2008	-21%
34	Château Pontet-Canet 2005	47%
34	Château Hosanna 2005	39%
34	Vieux Château Certan 2006	6%
34	Château Cos d’Estournel 2010	128%
34	Château Cos d’Estournel 2006	19%
34	Château Labégorce 2010	-63%
34	Château Pétrus 2012	23%
34	Château Le Gay 2011	-51%
34	Château Le Gay 2009	-12%
34	Château d’Armailhac 2000	-10%
34	Château Haut-Brion 2000	-69%
34	Château Giscours 2000	-13%
33	Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2009	549%
33	Château Montrose 2010	56%

Prices & Deals for Clos de l’Oratoire 1998

Date	Currency	Price
2016-01-13	gbp	90