Château Valandraud 2025 EP | Saint Emilion
84% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, 7% Cabernet Franc
Antonio Galloni (Vinous)
The 2025 Valandraud is breathtaking. Its the first vintage made by Jean-Luc Thunevin and Marie Lefévère together. It therefore represents a changing of the guard, now that Lefévère and her husband, Christophe, have taken full ownership of the property after many years holding a minority stake. Vibrant and explosive in the glass, the 2025 Valandraud offers an exotic mélange of dark blue/purplish fruit, lavender, spice and mocha. There's gorgeous precision here, much of that coming from more finesse in the tannins. The 2025 is utterly magnificent. Élevage is 90% new oak and 10% 15HL _foudres).
Bettane & Desseauve 97-98, Vinous (Antonio Galloni) 96-99, Jeb Dunnuck 97-99, Vinous (Neal Martin) 94-96, Yves Beck 98-100, Jean Marc Quarin 98, Vinous (96-99), Alexandre Ma 95-97, Jane Anson 95, Vinum 97-99, Decanter 96, James Suckling 96-97
Drink 2035-2065