Château Valandraud 2004 Magnum (150cl)
Château Valandraud 2004 is a Saint-Émilion red wine from Bordeaux, produced by Château Valandraud. It brings together Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Malbec. The Wine Advocate awards it 91/100 and recommends drinking between 2017 and 2029; Jancis Robinson rates it 15.5/20, with a window from 2015 to 2022, while James Suckling gives it 90/100. Critics describe a concentrated and structured wine with still-present tannins, combining black and red fruits, sweet tobacco, chocolate, spices, and cedar, with marked freshness.
La bouteille proposée
- Size
- Magnum (150cl)
- Packaging
- Original Wooden Case of 3
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Identité du vin
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Emilion
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Valandraud
- Millésime
- 2004
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Malbec, Merlot
Château Valandraud
Château Valandraud is a Saint-Émilion estate situated in Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse, on clay-limestone soils. Founded by Murielle Andraud and Jean-Luc Thunevin on a 0.6-hectare plot, the estate emerged from the Bordeaux ‘garage wine’ movement. It is classified as a Premier Grand Cru Classé of Saint-Émilion.
- Owner
- Murielle Andraud et Jean-Luc Thunevin
- Maître de chais
- Rémi Dalmasso
- Surface (ha)
- 10.70 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 30 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
In 1989, Jean-Luc Thunevin and Murielle Andraud purchased their first plot of 0.6 hectares in the Fongaban valley, between the Pavie-Macquin and La Clotte sectors and the village of Saint-Émilion. The first vintage of Château Valandraud was produced in 1991. In the early days, the wine was made in a garage converted into a cellar, which placed the estate firmly within the ‘garage wine’ movement in Saint-Émilion. In 1999, the couple invested in the cooler, later-ripening terroirs of the Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse plateau. The vineyard subsequently expanded and now covers 10.70 hectares, according to the estate. Château Valandraud was awarded Premier Grand Cru Classé status in the 2012 Saint-Émilion classification; this status was confirmed in the 2022 classification. Since the 2020 vintage, winemaking and ageing have taken place in a bioclimatic cellar carved into the limestone plateau. Murielle Andraud and Jean-Luc Thunevin remain the owners of the château; Rémi Dalmasso is the cellar master and Christophe Lardière leads the viticulture team.
