WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 832; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2007 which is 879. The average score for Château Valandraud is 889, 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 2007 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2007 but no other wine from Château Valandraud: Pliant, Exciting, Ambitious, Heavy, Attractive, Nuanced, Fine, Lushness, Ripeness, Fleshy. The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) and should be consumed within the next 6 years (by 2022). 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 Palmer 2012, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010; but better value alternatives would be Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012, Château d’Issan 2009, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2014, Château de Fonbel 2010.
MyWineMine has compared this wine to all others it has scored; this wine offers average value for money when looking at the price per point of MyWineMine Score.
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Prices & Deals for Château Valandraud 2007
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
65 |