2020 Château Valandraud

Name: 2020 Château Valandraud
Brand: Château Valandraud
SKU: 6996
Price: 169.0 EUR
Availability: LimitedAvailability

Château Valandraud

Weinart: Rotwein

Rebsorte: Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon

Land: Frankreich

Region: Bordeaux

Appellation: Saint-Émilion

Klassifikation: 1er Grand Cru Classé

Ausbau: Barrique/ Holzfass

Stilistik: strukturiert, fruchtbetont

Geschmacksrichtung: trocken

Trinktemperatur: 15-18°C

Grimm 96-97 /100

Suckling 99 /100

Vinous 96 /100

Dunnuck 99 /100

Perrotti-Brown 97 /100

Wine Spectator 93 /100

Wine Advocate 92 /100

Allergene: Sulfite, Abfüllerinformation

169,00 €*

Inhalt: 0.75 Liter (225,33 €* / 1 Liter)

Preise inkl. MwSt. zzgl. Versandkosten

Sofort verfügbar, Lieferzeit 2-4 Tage (Ins Ausland abweichende Lieferzeiten)

Produktnummer: 6996

Michael Grimm

96-97 POINTS

"... tiefdunkle, fast schwarze Farbe, extrem fleischige, süße Frucht, Kirschen satt, guter Körper, viel Charme, sexy, sehr soft beginnend und dann sich dann kraftvoll steigernd, feine Zedernholznote im Finish, Tabak, spicy, lang“ (07/2021)

Vinous

96 POINTS

The 2020 Valandraud has a sophisticated bouquet with vibrant blackberry, blueberry and wild strawberry scents laced with minerals and seamlessly integrated oak. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannins, fresh, tensile and focused, leading to a detailed and persistent finish. This should mature beautifully in bottle—a quite delicious Saint-Émilion from Jean-Luc Thunevin. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting.

- Neal Martin (01/2024)

James Suckling

99 POINTS

TOP 100 World Wines

Very opulent and expressive aromas of black fruit and pine needles. So floral. Full-bodied with plush, velvety tannins and lots of fruit and texture. It goes on for minutes. Rich at the finish, but remains fresh and vivid. Superb. One of the great Valandrauds. Drink after 2027. (11/2023)

Jeb Dunnuck

99 POINTS

One of the wines of the vintage is Jean-Luc Thunevin's 2020 Château Valandraud, which comes from the cooler, eastern side of Saint-Emilion. Exhibiting a dense purple hue as well as an incredible perfume of crème de cassis, ripe black cherries, violets, new leather, and an almost Hermitage-like burning embers character, it hits the palate with full-bodied richness, ripe, seamless tannins, remarkable purity of fruit, and a finish that won't quit. A blend of 85% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, it's clearly in the same league as the 2019, if not slightly more concentrated. Give bottles 5-7 years in the cellar, count yourself lucky, and enjoy over the following 20-25 years or so. (03/2023)

Lisa Perrotti-Brown

97 POINTS

The 2020 Valandraud has a deep garnet-purple color. It opens with overtones of cedar and lifted Morello cherries before giving way to a core of fruitcake, blueberry pie, chargrill, and Indian spices, with wafts of licorice and cardamom. The big, concentrated, full-bodied palate quivers with tension and shimmers with energy, framed by beautifully ripe tannins, finishing long and opulent. Gorgeous. (03/2023)

Wine Spectator

93 POINTS

Tilts to the showy side, with a flourish of black currant and fig preserves, warmed black tea, melted black licorice and a hint of alder smoke as well, all framed by a warm loam- and espresso crema-accented finish. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Best from 2027 through 2040. 3,200 cases made.

- J.M.

Parker – Wine Advocate

92 POINTS

If the 2019 vintage at this address was something of a guilty pleasure, the 2020 Valandraud is simply guilty as charged. Exhibiting aromas of jammy black fruits mingled with toasted coconut, spices and caricatural slatherings of new oak, it's full-bodied, rich and chewy, with generously extracted tannins that clamp down on the finish. All that oak and extract impedes access to the wine's generous fruit, rendering it less demonstrative and gourmand than its 2019 counterpart, and that's a pity, as recent vintages of Valandraud have been among the more successful of the few remaining hold-out "garagiste" wines of the Right Bank.

- William Kelley (04/2023)

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