Chateau Valandraud 2024
Fles - 75cl
ETA: +1 jaar
- Oogstjaar2024
- KleurRood
- ProducentChateau Valandraud
- LandFrankrijk
- RegioBordeaux
- SubregioSaint-Emilion Grand Cru
- DesignatieAOP
- FlesformaatFles - 75cl
- ABV13.5
- LWIN10159842024
- Gem. Criticus Score4.2★★★★★★★★★★
Wijnrecensies
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.
- Naam recensent: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Based on 85% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 6% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 Château Valandraud is aging in 100% new oak and checks in at 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.5. It offers terrific depth and richness, with a deep color and focused cassis, dark berries, spicy oak, and graphite aromas. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it's beautifully textured, with fine tannins, impressive mid-palate density, and a seamless finish. You can safely put this up with anything in the vintage.
- Naam recensent: Jeb Dunnuck
Silky smooth and full of flesh and juicines. This is really quite arresting from the first sip. Vibrant and energetic with a lick of sweet strawberry, sour cranberry and creamy raspberry giving layers of different textures in the mouth. Clean - you definitely get the mineral backbone - slate, graphite and wet stones with mint and aniseed. Long length, it’s very upfront, not so finessed I wouldn't say but it doesn't taste like a 2024. This is high octane stuff. Intense all the way through. Very Valandraud style but with low alcohol and low ph. 3.50pH. 18-22 months 100% new oak.
- Naam recensent: Georgina Hindle
The 2024 Valandraud is quite the powerhouse. Dense and explosive, Valandraud packs a huge punch. Macerations reached up to four weeks, long for the vintage, yielding an especially huge, deep Saint-Émilion. Valandraud is atypically concentrated for the year. Let's see what happens with élevage. There is a feeling of exoticism here that is so alluring. This is an especially heady, opulent wine in 2024. That was clearly the intent, and an approach that worked.
- Naam recensent: Antonio Galloni
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.
- Naam recensent: Neal Martin