WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 897; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2009 which is 867. The average score for Château Valandraud is 886, making this an above 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 2009 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2009 but no other wine from Château Valandraud: Apricot, Honey, Alive, Poise, Delightful, Torte, Linzer, Loganberry, Mouthwatering, Supersilky. The wine has been ready to drink for 3 years (since 2013) 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 Palmer 2012, Château Lafite Rothschild 2008, Château Haut-Brion 2010, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Pavie 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Rauzan-Ségla 2010, Les Forts de Latour 2009, Château Lynch-Bages 2011, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2008, Château Rauzan-Ségla 2012.
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 2009
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
154 |