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Tasting notes

Tasting notes
Score 86+/100 · Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

Medium bright ruby. Cool aromas of black cherry, chicory and menthol. Sweet but only moderately dense flavor of kirsch; distinctly liqueur-like flavors but a bit hollow in the middle. Then finishes with rather fierce tannins that dry the palate. Thunevin harvested these vines on September 13, which he admitted was too early.

Critic scores

Critic scores
86
86+/100

Stephen Tanzer, Vinous

About the producer

Château Valandraud 1:1
Valandraud

One of the first garage wines, Ch. Valandraud was created by Jean-Luc Thunevin – Saint-Emilion’s “bad boy”. Today the style of the wine is much more restrained, and officially classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé B estate.

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Product details

Grape Blend

Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon

Colour

Red

Taste

Dry

Alcohol ABV%

13.5%

Classification

Premier Grand Cru Classé B

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