chateau valandraud grand cru classe st emilion

Château Valandraud

Château Valandraud, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion, 2024

Name: Château Valandraud, Grand Cru Classé, St Émilion
Brand: Château Valandraud
Price: 453 GBP

94/100

Inside Bordeaux

95-97/100

The Wine Independent

90-92/100

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2024
6x75cl
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£453.00

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Critic Reviews

95-97/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple colored. Needs a little coaxing before it bursts with bold notes of black raspberries, wild blueberries, and cedar, followed by hints of sassafras, dusty soil, rose oil, and pipe tobacco. The medium-bodied palate is taut with black and red berry layers, framed by firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and perfumed.

drinking window 2027 - 2047

date of review 05/2025

90-92/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2024 Valandraud is the first vintage to include grapes from a parcel just in front of the château. Picked between 26 September and 7 October, it was matured entirely in new oak. This cuvée can handle the 100% new oak, with a floral style and more red fruit. The palate is medium-bodied with sappy black cherries and raspberry, showing a firm grip towards the finish with moderate length. It will require three or four years to cohere, but I am concerned about the oak overwhelming the fruit, hence my score.

drinking window 2030 - 2048

date of review 05/2025

94/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

There are very few wines in this vintage where you see these grilled, smoky aromatics that are backed up by fruit, but Valandraud delivers, and here you feel that owner Jean-Luc Thunevin stepped in and said, keep going, I want a Valandraud that I recognise. There is still acidity, but it is shaped into austerity and sapidity, with slate tannins, good quality plum and damson fruits. Estate signature, with ageing ability. Harvest 26 September to 7 October, 3.5pH. 100% new oak. Jean-Philippe Fort and Alexandre Béra from Rolland Consultants. Less leaning in to the vintage than railing against it, and there is clear oak here - but it works.

drinking window 2030 - 2040

date of review 04/2025

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