2020 Virginie de Valandraud St. Émilion Grand Cru Bordeaux France Wine Tasting Note

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2020 Virginie de Valandraud  (St. Émilion Grand Cru) 92 Crushed rocks, licorice, black plums, smoke, espresso, truffle, and flowers create the nose. The palate is rich, full-bodied, supple, and packed with waves of sweet, creamy, black, and dark red fruits finishing with a blast of milk chocolate and spice. With length and intensity, it is hard to believe this is a second wine. Drink from 2024-2033. Crushed rocks, licorice, black plums, smoke, espresso, truffle, and flowers create the nose. The palate is rich, full-bodied, supple, and packed with waves of sweet, creamy, black, and dark red fruits finishing with a blast of milk chocolate and spice. With length and intensity, it is hard to believe this is a second wine. Drink from 2024-2033. 1,937 Views   Tasted Sep 24, 2023  • Buy This Wine For The Lowest Price DOWNLOAD TASTING NOTE | Post to Earthy, savory, fresh and filled with fruit, the wine is ripe, bold, sweet, juicy and rich. The voluptuous layers of fruits in the finish, along with their cool touch of mint really sticks with you. You can drink this young, or age it for 3-5 years and enjoy it over the following decade. 91-93 Pts Earthy, savory, fresh and filled with fruit, the wine is ripe, bold, sweet, juicy and rich. The voluptuous layers of fruits in the finish, along with their cool touch of mint really sticks with you. You can drink this young, or age it for 3-5 years and enjoy it over the following decade. 91-93 Pts 3,989 Views   Tasted May 20, 2021

When to Drink Chateau Valandraud, Anticipated Maturity, Decanting Time

Valandraud is much better with at least 8-10 years of aging in good vintages. Young vintages can be decanted for 2-3 hours, or more.

This allows the wine to soften and open its perfume. Older vintages might need very little decanting, just enough to remove the sediment. Chateau Valandraud offers its best drinking and should reach peak maturity between 10-30 years of age after the vintage.

Serving Valandraud with Wine, Food, Pairing Tips

Valandraud is best served at 15.5 degrees Celsius, 60 degrees Fahrenheit. The cool, almost cellar temperature gives the wine more freshness and lift. Valandraud is best served with all types of classic meat dishes, veal, pork, beef, lamb, duck, game, roast chicken, roasted, braised, and grilled dishes.

Valandraud Blanc

Aside from their red wine, the estate also produces an outstanding white wine, Blanc de Valandraud N° 1 and N° 2. The style of the white wines is unique.

They are filled with lemon, lime, floral, and minerality characteristics, along with ample freshness. But so little is made, they are is impossible to find. In addition, they also produce Valandraud Casher, Virginie de Valandraud, and the 3 de Valandraud which is the third wine of Valandraud, Clos Badon Thunevin, and Bad Boy.

Thunevin also has property in Margaux as well as in Pomerol. Aside from being a busy winemaker and successful wine merchant, and negociant, Jean Luc Thunevin is also a well-known consultant who works with numerous estates in the Left Bank as well as in the Right Bank.

www.thunevin.com