WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 914; outperforming the average for the sub-region in 2012 which is 879. The average score for Château Valandraud is 887, 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 2012 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2012 but no other wine from Château Valandraud: Vanillary, Bramble, Backbone, Richness, Alder, Fig, Endowed, Refined, Fruity, Chalky. The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2017) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). 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 Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2009, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste 2010, Château Pontet-Canet 2008.
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 2012
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-05 |
gbp |
64 |