WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 879; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2005 which is 882. The average score for Château Valandraud is 887, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Château Valandraud they use words like Tannins, Ripe, Deep, Fruit, Acidity, Round, Blackberry, Sweet, Opulent, Black, Oak, Full, Purple, Chocolate, Rich. The 2005 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2005 but no other wine from Château Valandraud: Legs, Evolve, Splendid, Lush, Iron, Mocha, Berries, Astounding, Complexity, Blue. The wine has been ready to drink for 6 years (since 2010) and should be consumed within the next 9 years (by 2025). It normally takes wines from Château Valandraud around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 11 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Palmer 2012, Château Cos d’Estournel 2005, Château Latour 2009, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers very low value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score, 80% of wines are better value.
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Prices & Deals for Château Valandraud 2005
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
154 |