2017 Château Valandraud

Community Tasting Notes (12) Avg Score: 93.5 points

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  12/4/2023 - sirpat00 wrote: 92 Points

  Valandrau vertical (1991-2020) (Fribourg): Selected tasting notes from a complete Valandraud vertical (1991-2020) hosted by a collector with an estate representative. Main observation was that both the work the estate did during the transition phase 2000-2012 is clearly bearing fruit in more recent vintages, further helped by warmer growing seasons that are favorable for this cool site in St Emillon. Additional comments included in the tasting story.
  
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  This was decanted prior to serving. A red cherry fruit, some heat and hence with a slightly chemical touch. But nice floral accents, earth and mineral layers - but somewhat blurry due to the heat – which was probably hard to pull off in 2017. But the palate is more fresh, even if borderline unripe. Grainy tannins. Tasted better than this note reads!

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  8/18/2021 - Orange Tsian wrote: 93 Points

  香气上成熟浓重，圆润甜美，很多的蓝莓、蓝莓酱和黑樱桃点缀着大块的香草奶油蛋糕，随后多巧克力、成熟黑莓、烟草、肉感和甜香料等，还有些薄荷的清凉，融合丝滑，但比较“笨重”，缺少举重若轻的游刃感，一开始还觉得像美国赤霞珠。入口亦然，饱满很明亮，酒体比较大，酸度不太高，丹宁有茶感，较细，铺满舌面。很多黑樱桃、黑布林等黑果、蓝莓等，多汁且甜，形成团块，充满享乐感。其中穿插着玫瑰鲜花和精油，中后段又多香草和奶油，甜香料，层叠厚重少些巧劲，喝多两杯容易腻。93/100

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  5/15/2020 - Jeff Leve wrote: 95 Points

  Better in bottle than in barrel, (Which is always a good sign), the deeply colored wine is filled to the brim with smoke, licorice, espresso bean and black cherries. Lush, round and full-bodied, the finish is showy and long. This should continue filling out nicely.

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  2/17/2020 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 95 Points

  Amsterdam UGCB Tasting and Winemakers' Dinner (Beurs van Berlage / Eden Hotel): Trade tasting, brief note. Sexy and succulent but elegant and refined, fresh but with rich fruit, very finely grained tannins, earth and flowers, complete and flowing, perfectly harmonious, wonderful length. Star quality.

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  1/24/2020 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 93 Points

  2017 UGC Des Bordeaux, San Francisco, I always love this wine but not the price, nose of black fruit, plum, new oak, and sweet fruit, medium body, sweet, rich fruit on the palate, very tasty, needs 4 years to peak and earn a higher score, 30,000 bottles produced, 90% Merlot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 3% Cabernet Sauvignon, very soft tannins present, medium/long finish.

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