1999 Château Valandraud
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The 1999 Valandraud has a surprisingly dark color and seems very youthful for its age. It is concentrated and heady, offering copious dark cherry and black currant fruit, a touch of camphor, crème de cassis and, later, a hint of Japanese nori . The medium-bodied palate presents a sweet core of ripe, rounded black fruit tinged with charcoal. Quite caressing in mouth, with moderate acidity, but missing the complexity that I was hoping for. Perhaps it will develop a little more personality with bottle age, as there is good substance here. Tasted December 2016.
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Robert Parker
Neal Martin
Altre recensioni e punteggi
Tasted at the Valandraud vertical at the property, the 1999 Valandraud has a dark color and seems very youthful for its age. It is very concentrated and heady with copious dark cherry and blackcurrant fruit, a touch of camphor, crème de cassis and later, a hint of Japanese nori. The palate is medium-bodied with ripe, rounded black fruit. It has a sweet core of black fruit tinged with charcoal, moderate acidity, quite caressing in mouth albeit missing the complexity that I was hoping for. Perhaps it will develop a little more personality with bottle age, as there is good substance here. Tasted December 2016.
Sweet coffee, mocha, leather, and black cherry and currant flavors dominate the pure, well-delineated, opulently-textured, hedonistic 1999 Valandraud. It possesses definition, length, and a singular personality. Anticipated maturity: now-2015. Wine Advocate.April, 2002
Informazioni sul produttore
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.