WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 903; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 879. The average score for Le Dôme is 888, making this an above average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Le Dôme they use words like Full, Long, Tannins, Rich, Deep, Fruit, Black, Purple, Dark, Oak, Tannic, Sweet, Spice, Ripe, Purity. The 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Le Dôme: Equilibrium, Flower, Diluted, Heavy, Aftertaste, Sinewy, Macerated, Smudged, Soft, Clean. The wine will be ready to drink in 2 years (in 2018) and should be consumed within the next 19 years (by 2035). It normally takes wines from Le Dôme around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 12 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2012, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Giscours 2005, Château d’Issan 2010, Château Figeac 2012.
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 Le Dôme 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
58 |