2019 Valandraud - 750ml
Jeb Dunnuck - 99 points
The local bad boy of Bordeaux, Jean-Luc Thunevin, continues to fashion truly brilliant wines, and his 2019 is no exception. Based largely on Merlot with small amount of Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2019 Château Valandraud is a deep purple-hued beauty offering up a kaleidoscope-like bouquet of black and blue fruits, scorched earth, chocolate, gravelly earth, spicy oak, and sappy flowers. Deep, rich, full-bodied, and wonderfully concentrated, it has insane purity of fruit, brilliant tannins, a stacked mid-palate, and just has everything in the right places. It's up with the top wines of the vintage and a tour de force that readers should snatch up. It shows a very different style than the sexier 2018, but it's every bit as good. It needs 4-5 years of bottle age and will evolve for 2-3 decades. (4/2022)
James Suckling - 98 points
Outer quote mark Vivid and focused with brightness and clarity of fruit. Dried flowers, too. Full-bodied with layers of fine, soft tannins that spread across the palate and show class and refinement. It goes on for minutes. A beautiful bottle. Try after 2027, but so attractive already. (2/2022)
Specifications
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Sub-Region | St Emilion |
| Classification | 1er GCC 'B' St Emilion |
| Vintage | 2019 |
| Grape | Merlot / Cabernet |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Critics Score | 99 Points |
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