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Valandraud Blanc 2016 75cl

Bordeaux | France
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Critics scores
93 Wine Spectator
Enticing, with a bright blast of lemon gelée, white peach and yellow apple flavors backed by a bracing quinine- and honeysuckle-gilded finish. Really lovely. Sauvignon Blanc, Sémillon and Sauvignon Gris. Drink now through 2023. 400 cases made. — JM
90 Robert Parker
The Valandraud 2016 Blanc opens with peaches, lemon tart and grapefruit aromas with wafts of struck match and honeysuckle. The palate is medium-bodied, elegant, fresh and zippy with a zesty finish.
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.