Chateau Valandraud 2021

Professionele reviews

Robert Parker (90)

The 2021 Valandraud offers up aromas of minty berries framed by a generous application of creamy new oak. Medium to full-bodied, with a creamy attack that segues into a mid-palate built around chalky barrel tannins, it concludes with a vanillin-inflected and discreetly herbal finish. This showed more harmoniously en primeur than in bottle.

Winespectator (92)

Boasts a blackberry and black currant fruit core that belies the vintage's generally light persona, while a chalky structure and notes of sweet tobacco and bay leaf fill in nicely through the finish. Merlot, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon.

James Suckling (96)

Black berry, pine nut, bark and dark mushroom aromas follow through to a medium body with creamy tannins that caress the palate and give a complexity and subtlety at the finish. Extremely fine velvety texture here. A beauty for the vintage.

Falstaff (93)

Deep dark garnet with purple reflections at the rim. Fine noble wood nuances, a touch of cedar, blackberries, ripe cherries; an inviting bouquet. Juicy, fresh blackberries, a little liquorice, fresh acidity, hints of coconut and vanilla, mineral finish; shows ageing potential and finesse.