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Valandraud 1998 75cl

St. Emilion | Bordeaux | France
CHF 259.45
Critics scores
19 Rene Gabriel
15: Ich hatte ihn drei Mal in einer Woche. Alle Flaschen waren sensationell. Jetzt geöffnet und ready. Einmal zückte ich gar die 20/20! (19/20). 16: Extrem dunkle Farbe, schier schwarz in der Mitte, am Rand nur ganz wenig Reife zeigend. Geniales, deutlich schwarzbeeriges Bouquet, Teernoten (wie ein Hermitage!), Lakritze, Trüffel tiefschürfend. Im Gaumen dicht, fleischig, mit viel Substanz aufwartend und immer noch mit einer umfassenden Adstringenz ausgestattet. Sicherlich am Limit vinifiziert, aber das Ding hat so viel Kraft, dass er das in den nächsten Jahren noch integriert. Die volle Genussreife sehe ich 5 bis 10 Jahren! Also lange dekantieren. Ein tenoriger «Pavarotti aus Saint Emilion».
95 Robert Parker
Tasted blind at the Valandraud vertical at the property, the 1998 Valandraud has a sweet ripe bouquet with scents of dark berries, salted licorices, tobacco and cedar that is very intense and powerful. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. Bizarrely, it almost seems Left Bank in style with cedar and tobacco notes infusing the black fruit, the mintiness suggesting a Pauillac! I love the drive here, the focus and the slight aloofness, a wine that demands respect and is worthy of it. What a great 1998: elegant yet intense, classy yet approachable. I envisage this offering another 10-15 years of drinking pleasure. Tasted December 2016.<br/><br/>
94 Wine Spectator
Exotic and a bit of the rough right now, but you have to like it. Intense aromas of tobacco, mineral and cedar, with ripe fruit. Lots of toasted oak. Full-bodied, with big tannins, lots of fruit and a chewy finish. Best Valandraud ever. Best after 2008. 1,000 cases made. ?JS
Producer
Château Valandraud

It all started humbly on a 0.6 ha vineyard and a garage turned into a vinification cellar. Since then, Chateau Valandraud has grown to a 10.70 ha vineyard based on the clayey limestone terroir of Saint Etienne de Lisse. The vineyard is a mix if various grape varieties : 70% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc, 5% Cabernet Sauvignon. Manual harvest with grape sorting by hand, followed by a densimetric sorting by Tribaie upon the harvest arrival in our bioclimatic cellar. Thermo regulated stainless steel and wooden vats. Punching of the cap, pumping over, 3 weeks maceration. Malolactic fermentation in oak barrels. Ageing varies with each vintage, from 18 to 30 months in 100% new oak barrels. The final blending also varies according the each vintage, result of the rigorous selection by our own technical team, helped in this task by Jean Philippe Fort from the Rolland team.
Dozens are working all year long to look after every vintage of Valandraud, in the vineyard and the cellars, with the same goal to achieve every year : delivering the best possible wine. Christophe Lardière manages the vineyard team, and Rémi Dalmasso, our in-house oenologist, heads the cellar team. Murielle Andraud and Jean Luc Thunevin are also on the ground, supervising all operations.