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chateau valandraud
CHATEAU VALANDRAUD 1er grand cru classe (B), St-Emilion 2024 Bottle
chateau valandraud
CHATEAU VALANDRAUD 1er grand cru classe (B), St-Emilion 2024 Bottle
About this wine
Château Valandraud 1er Grand Cru Classé (B), Saint-Émilion
Château Valandraud 1er Grand Cru Classé B is a wine from vintners Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud. Upon his transition from wine merchant to winemaker in 1989 (when the pair purchased a small patch of vines in Saint-Émilion), Thunevin became known as a ‘bad boy’ of Bordeaux, creating boutique styles in boutique quantities.
This wine is powerful and juicy, rich in black fruit with inky concentration and an esoteric swagger. It is classic, but with attitude. Aged in 100% new oak, with plenty of potential for extended ageing.
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Expert Review
Jane Anson
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.
En Primeur 2024 Inside Bordeaux, janeanson.com
Expert Review
James Suckling
This shows smoky black cherries, damson plums, pine and violets. Bright and acid-driven with almost full body, fresh, polished tannins and a long, mouthwatering finish. A fuller and more concentrated expression for the vintage.
96-97 points, En Primeur 2024 www.jamessuckling.com