Tobin Spratte

9.4

Strong garrigue (sage and lavender dominate the herbal components), black pepper, and mineral aromas. Tinges of green tobacco, pink peppercorns, and dried chilies. Definitely one of the best GSMs I've had. — 8 days ago

Turd Ferguson

9.0

Saturated and fairly rich, but not out of balance. Needs a hearty braise or something wintery. — 2 years ago

Leslie

9.1

Med to full body Grenache, Syrah Mourvèdre. This wine has a little spice with tangy lush red fruit. A crisp Pepperyness on the finish. — 3 years ago

Scott E. Becker

9.0

[Tasted on November 8, 2022 at Home]

Wine is Cuvée des Deux Soeurs Red Chateauneuf-du-Pape. 90% Grenache and 10% Syrah. Black cherry, strawberry and red plum fruit, with red licorice, iron and black pepper. — 4 years ago

Meghan C

8.9

Wine Access — 4 years ago

Eric

9.0

Feminine and graceful on day 2. Day 1 was tight and acidic. — 5 years ago

Adam Hyatt

9.0

Bright with refreshing acidity. Great minerality. — 6 years ago

Frank Lin

8.9

Delicious and nicely balanced. Lite and more green or acidic. Uncle Dan liked it more than me. But still very good wine! Would definitely get again. — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

10

Amazing night with Louis Michel tasting his release of the 18 vintage — a year ago

Jae Cho

9.1

Loved the whole cluster palate presence and sheer deliciousness. Not the most complex or balanced but it is successful. — 3 years ago

Paul T, Missing My Beautiful Wife 24/7

9.5

A steal on auction
I wouldn’t consider it a 🥩 wine but great with charcuterie
Web info
Chateau Valandraud is represented by the passion of a couple: Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud. Following the great success with the wine merchant business in Saint Emilion, they opened their own vineyard to produce their own wine.
In 1989, they bought a small parcel of 0.6 hectare (1.48 acres) located in a small valley near Saint Emilion between Pavie-Macquin and La Clotte. The origin of the wine name is as much geographic (Val: Vallon de Fongaban), as sentimental (Andraud: Murielle’s maiden name). Thus Chateau Valandraud was born.
Little by little, Jean-Luc and his wife purchased several other parcels of vines, and now, the domain represents a total surface of 10 hectares (24.71 acres), located in various areas of Saint Emilion. The diversity of soils and varietals permit the production of 6 different wines: Chateau Valandraud, Chateau Valandraud Casher, Virginie de Valandraud and the 3 de Valandraud (the second wine of Chateau Valandraud and Virginie de Valandraud), Blanc de Valandraud N° 1 and N° 2.
The final blending of the various parcels occurs in the month of March, following a blind tasting with the help of the world famous oenologist, Michel Rolland. — 3 years ago

Steve Medbery

9.3

Cranberry, plum, dried herbs, black tea — 5 years ago

Mario Vaillancourt

9.0

Very typical Syrah aromatics, flowers with violets in particular, pepper and dark fruit. The wine is so good and approachable now despite it’s youth, medium bodied plus, fruity and juicy with nice strong tannins that have a great silky texture.

Nez très Syrah avec du poivre, un côté floral, violettes entre autres. La bouche est gourmande, fruitée et juteuse, de corps moyen mais avec un bel équilibre et des tannins soyeux et agréables, ça se boit tout seul et c’est bon dès maintenant malgré la jeunesse. 89-90 — 6 years ago

Robert Ahlstrom

9.1

Deep garnet opaque, light body, bright red berries and minerals, nice acidity with well balanced tannins — 5 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2017 vintage. Tasted via Coravin. Last tasted 5.5.24 (9.4) and 11.16.23 (9.5). Still rambunctious af. Kids. 11.19.25. — 7 months ago

Byron C Mayes

8.9

Bright gold. Abundant nose of baked apricot. Echoed in the full palate which adds orange rind, dark peach, and a slight hint of stony mineral. Medium acidity; just enough to keep it food friendly. Otherwise it's nicely rich in the mouth and slides smoothly into the lengthy, palate-continuing finish. Rich seafood and poultry dishes are the call to order here, especially with cream sauces. A really complex white at a decent price for the appellation. Drink now through 2025. — 3 years ago

J

8.9

Balanced and full. Perfect aging. — 4 years ago

Kate

10

Sister in law opened this for me at her girls party. So good. — 5 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

8.9

An 18th century chateau, overlooking the Isle valley, facing Pomerol and the Saint-Emilion limestone hillsides, belonged to the same family for three centuries took over by Michel Rullier in 1955, and his daughter Brigitte took the helm in 2002. Dark Ruby with an array of berry aromas and smoky scents. On the palate plum and cherry flavors with cacao, tobacco and smoky cedar notes with herb spice. Firm chalky tannins, long finish ending with earthy mineral notes. Still tasting ok, but drink now! — 6 years ago

Hiroshi Tominaga

9.0

Fruity. 2014 vintage. Bought at Katsumi-shokai for ¥4,729. — 6 years ago