Jay Kline

9.3

Opened and decanted about an hour prior to service and presented double-blind. The wine appears deep yellow nearing gold in color; medium+ viscosity. On the nose, the wine is vinous and super floral with peaches and marzipan and some signs of oak, a portion new French oak. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium- acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is long, weighty with a pronounced oily texture. Alcohol is elevated. I called Marsanne/Roussanne blend from France, Northern Rhône, Hermitage Blanc with 15+ years of age. Close! The florals and elevate alcohol should have steered me to Condrieu but that’s hindsight. Regardless, this was a delicious reminder to allow Northern Rhône whites to age. Drink now. — 18 days ago

Frank Lin

9.0

Delicious and fruity. Strawberry. Dry finish. Well balanced. 18.95 at lawc. Would definitely get again! — 7 months ago

Peter Zandbergen

9.3

Spectacular nose. — 2 years ago

with Elise

Katie Baker

9.0

Trader Joe’s, affordable, jammy and very drinkable — 10 days ago

John Howard

Harvest production at Hirsch and Cobb Wineries

8.9

Smells great, tastes kind of strange. Oxidated? — 5 months ago

LM Segal

9.2

Lots going on, probably best suited for savoury food pairing, slightly rich. Sense this could use a few years in bottle to integrate. — 7 months ago

Gene Harlow

9.0

Excellent Cab Franc from France. — 3 years ago

Matthew Cohen

9.3

Lovely. Apply. Mineral. — a month ago

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. — 5 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