Château Valandraud

About the producer

Château Valandraud started life in 1991, as one of the original "garage" wines, which sparked a trend for thoroughly modern Bordeaux wine styles made in such tiny quantities that they could be - and sometimes were - made in a garage. The man behind the wine, Jean-Luc Thunevin, was called the "Bad Boy" of Saint-Émilion by Robert Parker for defying centuries of tradition and making a highly stylised wine: bold and rich with lavish new oak (at one point it was aged in 200% new oak). Prices were as outrageous as the first wines, exceeding the First Growths on a number of occasions.

With his wife Murielle Andraud, who is the brains in the vineyard and gives her surname to the wine, the pair made a huge impact on the Saint-Émilion scene. Once dubbed the "Black Sheep" of this wine village, Jean-Luc is now part of the established order, achieving Premier Grand Cru Classé status in 2012 in the appellation's official classification

In the vineyard

Having poured their life savings into a 0.6 hectare plot in 1991, Valandraud now counts almost 9 hectares of land in the village of Saint-Étienne de Lisse, a 10 minute drive east from central Saint-Émilion. The Bordeaux five are all represented on its clay-limestone slopes but Merlot and Cabernet Franc account for 90% of all plantings.

In the winery

There's certainly more winemaking wizardry at Château Valandraud now than there was in the low-tech inaugural vintage: there was no de-stemmer and no pump to do pump-overs so it was a case of getting one's hands dirty. Jean-Luc's cellar now has all the tools to maximise ripeness, extraction and quality: the grapes are sorted in the vineyard and then by a modern sorting machine which analyses grapes according to their sugar level and rejects those that don't reach the required level. He was one of the first to practice the malolactic conversion in barrel, a method that has since been widely adopted across the region, and it's 100% new wood for a length of 18-30 months. The result is a lavish and luxurious Merlot-dominant blend.

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2020 Virginie de Valandraud Blanc

Valandraud

Bordeaux

£189.00

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 25 Marketplace

£189.00

12x75cl

£189.00

0 Immediate | 25 Marketplace

2020 Virginie de Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

92.3

£284.00

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 25 Marketplace

£284.00

12x75cl

£284.00

0 Immediate | 25 Marketplace

2020 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

95.9

£627.00

6x75cl

0 Immediate | 27 Marketplace

£627.00

6x75cl

£627.00

0 Immediate | 27 Marketplace

2019 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

95.9

£1,121.00

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£1,121.00

12x75cl

£1,121.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

2018 Valandraud Blanc

Valandraud

Bordeaux

95.5

£394.00

6x75cl

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

£394.00

6x75cl

£394.00

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

2018 Virginie de Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

93.0

£32.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 6 Marketplace

£32.00

Bts

£32.00

0 Immediate | 6 Marketplace

6x75cl

0 Immediate | 43 Marketplace

£175.00

6x75cl

£175.00

0 Immediate | 43 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 17 Marketplace

£346.00

12x75cl

£346.00

0 Immediate | 17 Marketplace

2018 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

96.7

£119.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 12 Marketplace

£119.00

Bts

£119.00

0 Immediate | 12 Marketplace

6x75cl

7 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

£700.00

6x75cl

£700.00

7 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

£1,403.00

12x75cl

£1,403.00

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

2017 Virginie de Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

90.4

£27.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£27.00

Bts

£27.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

6x75cl

0 Immediate | 41 Marketplace

£146.00

6x75cl

£146.00

0 Immediate | 41 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 67 Marketplace

£288.00

12x75cl

£288.00

0 Immediate | 67 Marketplace

2017 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

93.9

£588.00

6x75cl

0 Immediate | 55 Marketplace

£588.00

6x75cl

£588.00

0 Immediate | 55 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 36 Marketplace

£1,177.00

12x75cl

£1,177.00

0 Immediate | 36 Marketplace

2016 Virginie de Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

91.3

£34.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

£34.00

Bts

£34.00

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 71 Marketplace

£364.00

12x75cl

£364.00

0 Immediate | 71 Marketplace

2015 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

94.6

£331.00

3x75cl

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

£331.00

3x75cl

£331.00

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

6x75cl

12 Immediate | 10 Marketplace

£660.00

6x75cl

£660.00

12 Immediate | 10 Marketplace

3xMags

1 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

£660.00

3xMags

£660.00

1 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

£1,323.00

12x75cl

£1,323.00

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

2014 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

95.0

£348.00

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

£348.00

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£713.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

6xMags

0 Immediate | 9 Marketplace

£1,019.00

6xMags

£1,019.00

0 Immediate | 9 Marketplace

3x3L

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£1,044.00

3x3L

£1,044.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

2012 Virginie de Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

87.0

£29.00

Bts

6 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

£29.00

Bts

£29.00

6 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

2012 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

94.5

£1,314.00

12x75cl

3 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

£1,314.00

12x75cl

£1,314.00

3 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

2011 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

92.0

£135.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£135.00

Bts

£135.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

£1,596.00

12x75cl

£1,596.00

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

2010 Valandraud Blanc

Valandraud

Bordeaux

£392.00

6x75cl

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£392.00

6x75cl

£392.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

2005 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

96.0

£363.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

£363.00

Bts

£363.00

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

6x75cl

1 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

£2,178.00

6x75cl

£2,178.00

1 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

12x75cl

1 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

£4,359.00

12x75cl

£4,359.00

1 Immediate | 0 Marketplace

2005 Valandraud Cuvee Kosher

Valandraud

Bordeaux

91.0

£4,221.00

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

£4,221.00

12x75cl

£4,221.00

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

2004 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

91.0

£179.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

£179.00

Bts

£179.00

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

2004 Virginie de Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

£38.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

£38.00

Bts

£38.00

0 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 5 Marketplace

£425.00

12x75cl

£425.00

0 Immediate | 5 Marketplace

2002 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

91.5

£121.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

£121.00

Bts

£121.00

0 Immediate | 3 Marketplace

2000 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

94.5

£243.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

£243.00

Bts

£243.00

0 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

12x75cl

0 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

£2,902.00

12x75cl

£2,902.00

0 Immediate | 7 Marketplace

1999 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

90.0

£147.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 6 Marketplace

£147.00

Bts

£147.00

0 Immediate | 6 Marketplace

1998 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

94.0

£169.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

£169.00

Bts

£169.00

0 Immediate | 2 Marketplace

1997 Virginie de Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

£45.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

£45.00

Bts

£45.00

0 Immediate | 4 Marketplace

1992 Valandraud

Valandraud

Bordeaux

89.0

£138.00

Bts

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

£138.00

Bts

£138.00

0 Immediate | 1 Marketplace

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