The Château Valandraud of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru of Bordeaux

Château Valandraud - 3 de Valandraud Saint-Emilion Grand Cru
The winery offers 12 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
This estate is part of the Thunevin.
It is ranked in the top 8 of the estates of Bordeaux.
It is located in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru in the region of Bordeaux
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The Château Valandraud is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 12 wines for sale in of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Château Valandraud wines

Looking for the best Château Valandraud wines in Saint-Émilion Grand Cru among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château Valandraud wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Château Valandraud wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Château Valandraud

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Château Valandraud

How Château Valandraud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of millet with gruyere cheese, semolina-merguez salad or rabbit with tomato.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Château Valandraud

On the nose the red wine of Château Valandraud. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, cheese or savory and sometimes also flavors of chalk, boysenberries or graphite. In the mouth the red wine of Château Valandraud. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Château Valandraud

  • 1994With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.43/5
  • 1992With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 1993With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2001With an average score of 4.38/5
  • 1998With an average score of 4.37/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Château Valandraud.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec
  • Carménère
  • Petit Verdot

Discovering the wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

The wine region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is located in the region of Saint-Émilion of Bordeaux of France. Wineries and vineyards like the Château Cheval Blanc or the Château Ausone produce mainly wines red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru are Merlot, Cabernet franc and Cabernet-Sauvignon, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru often reveals types of flavors of cherry, dill or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of aniseed, hay or honey.

In the mouth of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins. We currently count 849 estates and châteaux in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru, producing 1323 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison).

The top white wines of Château Valandraud

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château Valandraud

How Château Valandraud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, vegetarian or poultry such as recipes of suckling pig leg in the oven, zucchini and goat cheese quiche or coconut chicken curry in thermomix.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château Valandraud

On the nose the white wine of Château Valandraud. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, earth or apricot and sometimes also flavors of lime, apples or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Château Valandraud. is a powerful.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château Valandraud

  • 2006With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.94/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château Valandraud.

  • Sémillon
  • Sauvignon Gris
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top sweet wines of Château Valandraud

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Château Valandraud

How Château Valandraud wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of chili con carne, imene's tunisian ojja or croque madame.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Château Valandraud.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Picpoul

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Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château Valandraud

Planning a wine route in the of Saint-Émilion Grand Cru? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château Valandraud.

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Château Valandraud and wines from the region

St-Emilion 2022 classification promotes Château Figeac to Premier Grand Cru Classé A

St-Emilion’s Wine Council announced its eagerly-anticipated ranking this afternoon, bringing a decade of disputes and court battles to an end. The classification awards Premier Grand Cru Classé A status to just two producers, while it also recognises 12 Premier Grands Crus Classés (B) and 71 Grands Crus Classés. These rankings can cause a winery’s value to soar – they have been likened to the Michelin guide for restaurants – so winemakers across the region awaited the results with bated breath t ...

Best in Show: The top 50 wines of DWWA 2022

The 0.27% of entries awarded Best in Show at this year’s Decanter World Wine Awards reflect the inspiring world of wine and quest for quality among winemakers globally, with 50 wines expressing the best of their categories. An all-time record for wines tasted at the world’s largest wine competition, it’s quite possible that Decanter World Wine Awards 2022 marks the largest-ever wine competition to be held in history. And of the record-breaking 18,244 wines tasted, just 50 were ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Picpoul

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