Chateau Valandraud - Virginie de Valandraud 2023

James Suckling: "This shows depth and power, yet it comes across as elegant and refined, too. Medium- to full-bodied with an impressive structure that lasts long on the palate. The tannins are super-fine and pixelated. 90% merlot, 5% cabernet franc and 5% cabernet sauvignon."

Weinwisser: "90 % Merlot, 5 % Cabernet Franc, 5 % Cabernet Sauvignon, pH 3.7, 14.0 Vol.-%. Feingliedriges delikates Bouquet, roter Johannisbeernektar, erkalteter Hagebuttentee und heller Tabak. Am sublimen Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, nerviger Rasse, feinmürbem Extrakt, engmaschigem Tanningerüst und muskulösem Körper. Im gebündelten Finale schwarze kleine Beeren, Estragon und mehlige Adstringenz."

Jeb Dunnuck: "A blend of 90% Merlot and 5% each Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2023 Château Valandraud Virginie De Valandraud has a rocking mix- of red, blue, and black fruits as well as graphite, crushed stone, and savory flowers. This medium to full-bodied, round, supple Saint-Emilion has a beautiful sense of elegance, fine tannins, and a great finish."

Decanter: "Enjoyable ripe fruit mulberry aromas and flavours introduce a palate marked by crunchy red fruit and torrefaction, although a bit drying on the finish, making me wonder about the 100% new oak quotient. Harvested from 13 September to 4 October."

Vinum: "Dunkelfruchtig geprägt, dezente Röstnoten; zeigt Schmelz, feine Gerbstoffe, eine knackige Frucht und eine gute Länge. Harmonisch."