Decanted 2+ hours, tiny bit of fine sediment. Very dark. Black cherries, tobacco, sweet oak and a bit of mocha on the nose. on the palate more sweet black cherries, some licorice and spices, and a good dollop of oak (that is not yet fully integrated). Superb, medium-long finish. Will benefit from a few more years of age as well as a good decant. Well done for a second wine!! 92-93+
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Beautiful earth nose,. wonderful mouthfeel of vanilla, balance, pure aging fruit, and a really nice wine that created great conversation over Kalbi-chim. This is the right time to drink this wine. Even better than the young 2019 Las Combes we had right after. W-Heekyung, Gidon, Hejin, and Mrs. What a wine.
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Valandraud, St. Emilion: A just fine, fun-ish, easy going, smooth, simple, kinda fruity, BBQ on a sunny May afternoon kind of wine. Don't think about it. Nothing for me to seek out necessarily, but it's ok if you just want to have a stem of red in your hand while you're conversing about golf...or knitting...
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Took around an hour to open up . Amazing tannin with great structure and aroma with a lot of nice berries with nice balance of alcohol, spice and smooth oak. Medium to full body with long finishing. Very good one for a second wine of VVD.
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4/22/2024 - BHRH Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted 2+ hours, tiny bit of fine sediment.
Very dark. Black cherries, tobacco, sweet oak and a bit of mocha on the nose. on the palate more sweet black cherries, some licorice and spices, and a good dollop of oak (that is not yet fully integrated).
Superb, medium-long finish. Will benefit from a few more years of age as well as a good decant. Well done for a second wine!!
92-93+
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2/9/2024 - stschutz Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful earth nose,. wonderful mouthfeel of vanilla, balance, pure aging fruit, and a really nice wine that created great conversation over Kalbi-chim. This is the right time to drink this wine. Even better than the young 2019 Las Combes we had right after. W-Heekyung, Gidon, Hejin, and Mrs. What a wine.
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11/24/2023 - csimm wrote: 91 Points
Valandraud, St. Emilion: A just fine, fun-ish, easy going, smooth, simple, kinda fruity, BBQ on a sunny May afternoon kind of wine. Don't think about it. Nothing for me to seek out necessarily, but it's ok if you just want to have a stem of red in your hand while you're conversing about golf...or knitting...
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11/11/2023 - HWG99 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Took around an hour to open up . Amazing tannin with great structure and aroma with a lot of nice berries with nice balance of alcohol, spice and smooth oak. Medium to full body with long finishing. Very good one for a second wine of VVD.
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10/18/2023 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lovely dark fruit, nice savory undercurrents, delicious.
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