Virginie de Valandraud, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
Valandraud20166×75cl
RedBordeaux
£175per case of 6×75cl, in bond
£29.17 per bottle
1 case available
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1 case
Details
- Region
- Bordeaux
- Sub-region
- Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
- Country
- France
- Pack size
- 6×75cl
- Packaging
- OWC
- ABV
- 14.5%
- LWIN
- 1016284
- LWIN verified
- Yes
Critic ratings
- Jeb DunnuckReviewed Feb 2019Drinking window: 2019–2034
94/100
Always seen as a second wine, but actually coming from separate terroirs from the grand vin, the 2016 Virginie de Valandraud is a deep, full-bodied, opulent beauty that knocks it out of the park in 2016. It’s the equivalent of many a top wine and has huge notes of crème de cassis, black raspberries, spicy oak, and licorice. With ripe tannins, a great texture, and a sexy, pleasure-bent style that’s already impossible to resist, drink it over the coming 10-15 years.
- James SucklingReviewed Jan 2019
94/100
This is ripe and attractive with beautiful plum and dark-berry aromas that follow through to a full body, firm and medium, velvety tannins and a flavorful finish. Also slightly chewy at the end. Needs four to five years to soften. Try after 2023.
- Vinous (Antonio Galloni)Reviewed Jan 2019Drinking window: 2018–2024
93/100
The 2016 Virginie de Valandraud is a very serious second wine. Beautifully layered and expressive, the 2016 has so much to offer. Sweet tobacco, licorice, spice and pine give the 2016 lovely aromatic top notes to play off the sumptuous fruit. The 2016 Virginie is just as impressive as it was from barrel, maybe more!