2012 Virginie de Valandraud

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  3/22/2024 - Harley1199 Likes this wine:

  Almost twelve years old bottle open four hours before lunch. Pristine cork. Dusty ruby colour with watery edges. Elegant aromas of hawthorn flower, vervain and lavender, red and black berries, licorice yogourth, wet soil, blond tobacco or even flesh. Precision and complexity in the glass. The palate is less aristocratic but with a silky, tasty and juicy texture. Decided acidity that provides length. Warm and slightly tannic and alcoholic when finishing covering any glimmer of depth. Of course the best second Bordeaux wines I have drunk in recent times, anyway.
  
  Botella de casi doce años abierta cuatro horas antes del almuerzo. Corcho prístino. Polvoriento color rubí con bordes acuosos. Elegantes aromas a flor de espino, verbena y lavanda, bayas rojas y negras, yogourth de regaliz, tierra mojada, tabaco rubio o incluso carne fresca. Precisión y complejidad en la copa. Al paladar se muestra menos aristocrático aunque de una textura sedosa, gustosa y jugosa. Decidida acidez que aporta longitud. Final cálido y ligeramente tánico y alcohólico cubriendo cualquier atisbo de profundidad. Desde luego de los mejores segundos vinos de Burdeos que he bebido en estos últimos tiempos de todos modos.

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  7/23/2022 - bdisk1235 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Very nice drinking now. Well rounded with a couple hour decant, expressive depth and secondary flavors. Definitely not at the end of its drinking window. Will hold my other for a few more years.

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  2/27/2021 - Thegreen1985 wrote: 90 Points

  Red Saint-Émilion. Merlot 70 % and Cabernet franc 30 %. Matured in new barrels for 18 to 20 months. 13,5 % alcohol.
  
  Deep dark red color.
  
  Nice aromas of black fruit, black currant, walnuts and vanilla. Flavors of ripe black fruit, blueberries, vanilla, walnuts, cedar and butter.
  
  Dry. Medium body. Medium acidity. Chewy tannins. Very good balance. Good structure. Elegant. Some complexity.
  
  Medium finish with black fruit and vanilla.
  
  A nice Saint-Émilion. No single weakness that stands out. For a higher grade it would need more of “everything”. Drinks pretty well right now but is still a bit primary. 90/100

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  4/21/2017 - AJG91 wrote: 85 Points

  Aluksi tyypillinen saint emilionin viinien tuoksu; punaisia marjoja, tammea ja suklaatakin, mutta auetessaan tuli mukaan vihertäviä sävyjä ja viini alkoi muistuttaa carmenerea. Tämä voimistui viinin auetessa.

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  3/10/2015 - Zipra Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Visual: hazy, dense, dark red.
  Scent: coarse, complex, berries, developed, oak, root vegetables, elegant.
  Taste: well balanced, coarse, high acidity, a lot of long and dry tannins, long aftertaste, easy even though it is very young.
  
  Overall: a very good wine

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