Peter van den Besselaar

8.9

Vintage 2023 | I tasted a range of rosé and decided to buy this Coteaux d’Aix-en-Provence. Brought some bottles to my kids. ‘That rosé you brought, we liked it a lot’, said my son. The rosé has a lot of bitters, making it imo a eating wine. We drank it with pasta oyster mushrooms peperocine - a recipe from Sicilia. — 4 months ago

Paul T HB

9.5

A steal on auction
I wouldn’t consider it a 🥩 wine but great with charcuterie
Web info
Chateau Valandraud is represented by the passion of a couple: Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud. Following the great success with the wine merchant business in Saint Emilion, they opened their own vineyard to produce their own wine.
In 1989, they bought a small parcel of 0.6 hectare (1.48 acres) located in a small valley near Saint Emilion between Pavie-Macquin and La Clotte. The origin of the wine name is as much geographic (Val: Vallon de Fongaban), as sentimental (Andraud: Murielle’s maiden name). Thus Chateau Valandraud was born.
Little by little, Jean-Luc and his wife purchased several other parcels of vines, and now, the domain represents a total surface of 10 hectares (24.71 acres), located in various areas of Saint Emilion. The diversity of soils and varietals permit the production of 6 different wines: Chateau Valandraud, Chateau Valandraud Casher, Virginie de Valandraud and the 3 de Valandraud (the second wine of Chateau Valandraud and Virginie de Valandraud), Blanc de Valandraud N° 1 and N° 2.
The final blending of the various parcels occurs in the month of March, following a blind tasting with the help of the world famous oenologist, Michel Rolland. — 2 years ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

8.9

Smells great, tastes kind of strange. Oxidated? — 4 months ago

Kapyrick Wine

9.0

v16. Very nice. Distinct white pepper and cedar nose. Rich black cherry and cola fruit. Clean, bright mocha finish. Enjoyable wine that over delivers. — 8 months ago

AJ Gubser

9.1

Smokey blueberries (if there was such a thing), vanilla, coconut cream, licorice, beef jerky, and a subtle dill/mint note. Plums, blueberries, sour cherry with some toasty oak and black tea. Medium acidity and medium, slightly course tannins.

Really tasty stuff. Quite Rioja like which I enjoy. I'll be looking for Temp from this region in the future. — 3 years ago

Jason Gaffner

8.9

Very good for the price — 4 years ago

Frank Lin

9.0

Delicious and fruity. Strawberry. Dry finish. Well balanced. 18.95 at lawc. Would definitely get again! — 6 months ago

Victor Charcan

9.2

Needed breathing the oak very present at first. Then it opened to cherries, lemmon , thyme, curry flower, elegant, tannins yet to be tamed, good freshness to it. Loved it the second day, not so much the first. Great value, feel it fresher than Ribera, that would have been my blind tasting guess., — 9 months ago

Matt Konopka

8.9

Strawberry, honey in nose-beautiful dark salmon color. Enjoyable on a warm April eve — 3 years ago

Chris Grimm

9.2

Minerals, flowers, lime. — 4 years ago