Community Tasting Note

• Collector1855 wrote: 93 points

  March 27, 2017 - Dark purple. Intense oaky, vanilla, blue fruit nose, unapologetic modern. The palate is lush and sexy, very competent for a second wine. The difference between this wine and a USA/Chile lush Merlot the Bordeaux terroir that ads character. Not my kind of wine but the crowd pleasing quality cannotbe denied.

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• Mattshank commented:

  4/15/17, 8:41 AM - Good note Collector. Always enjoy reading your notes. I agree on the modern aspects you sight in this wine. Part of the reason I state not needing to age beyond 4 or 5 more years. This was certainly not meant to be a 15-20+ year ager IMO.

• Collector1855 commented:

  4/16/17, 2:44 AM - Agree, 3-8 years is a good window for this second wine. The first wine, does age really well. I was fortunate to have tasted vintages back to 1993 and it did phenomenally well and consistent. After a price bubble of the first wine, Chateau Valandraud is now priced at fair value in my view. I have bought some Magnums in 12 and 14.

• WineKnurd commented:

  6/24/18, 9:22 AM - Might have to respectfully disagree with you guys, already hit 9 years and this wine is still going strong! 2nd wine yes, but also 2009. Might be able to hit 12-15 years before we start seeing a decline. Only time will tell!

• Mattshank commented:

  6/24/18, 11:51 AM - @WineKnurd. Not sure where there is disagreement. Re-read my note as I say 4-5 MORE years (from my note in 2017) which puts me right in line with your observation as this wine was at age 8 when I last had it (8+ 4-5 more years = the 12-13 mark you reference).

• WineKnurd commented:

  6/24/18, 1:24 PM - Misread your comment, agree to agree? :)

• Mattshank commented:

  6/24/18, 3:08 PM - Absolutely. Most importantly sounds like we're all liking the wine. I look forward to my next one in perhaps another year. Be well.

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