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Michael-Grimm-Bewertungen

Michael Grimm

92-93+ POINTS
"...intensive, blau- bis schwarzbeerige Frucht, Charme, gewisse Süße, mittlerer Körper, appetitlich, gute Säure, kräftige Tannine, feine Bitterschoko im Finish." (04/2025)


Decanter: 94 Punkte

"Silky smooth and full of flesh and juicines. This is really quite arresting from the first sip. Vibrant and energetic with a lick of sweet strawberry, sour cranberry and creamy raspberry giving layers of different textures in the mouth. Clean - you definitely get the mineral backbone - slate, graphite and wet stones with mint and aniseed. Long length, it’s very upfront, not so finessed I wouldn't say but it doesn't taste like a 2024. This is high octane stuff. Intense all the way through. Very Valandraud style but with low alcohol and low ph. 3.50pH. 18-22 months 100% new oak." - Georgina Hindle (04/2025)


Jane Anson: 94 Punkte

"There are very few wines in this vintage where you see these grilled, smoky aromatics that are backed up by fruit, but Valandraud delivers, and here you feel that owner Jean-Luc Thunevin stepped in and said, keep going, I want a Valandraud that I recognise. There is still acidity, but it is shaped into austerity and sapidity, with slate tannins, good quality plum and damson fruits. Estate signature, with ageing ability. Harvest 26 September to 7 October, 3.5pH. 100% new oak. Jean-Philippe Fort and Alexandre Béra from Rolland Consultants. Less leaning in to the vintage than railing against it, and there is clear oak here - but it works." (04/2025)


Falstaff: 93 Punkte 

"Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, sehr zarte Randaufhellung. Attraktive Nuancen von Lakritze und Cassis, Brombeerkonfit, Orangenzesten, feine Edelholznuancen sind unterlegt. Saftig, elegant und frisch, mittlere Komplexität, sehr lebendig, zitronig-salzig im Abgang, hat Charme, bereits gut entwickelt, ein lebendiger Speisenbegleiter mit Ribiselfinale." - Peter Moser (04/2025)


Vinum: 94 Punkte 

"Sehr dichte Farbe; deutlich vom Ausbau geprägt, Rauch, schwarze Schokolade, Süssholz über Brombeeren, Cassis und Pflaumen; am Gaumen strukturiert, auch hier mit merklich Holz, die Frucht aktuell im Hintergrund, feinkörnige Gerbstoffe, stimmige Säure; im Abgang von guter Länge und mit rotfruchtigem Finish." (04/2025)


Yves Beck: 96-97 Punkte 

"Das Bouquet von Valandraud ist stark von seiner Reifung mit Noten von Pralinés, Mokka und Kaffee geprägt, offenbart aber auch Nuancen von Pfeffer, reifen schwarzen Beeren und Pfingstrosen und schließlich sogar einen Hauch von Eukalyptus! Am Gaumen konzentriert sich der Wein wieder. Er vereint Breite und Temperament, Tiefe und Charakter mit Eleganz als Leitmotiv. Ein lebhafter, charmanter und überzeugender Wein." (04/2025)


The Drinks Business: 92-94 Punkte 

"Very true to its style even in this challenging vintage, but still a wine that will be easy to pick in a vertical in future years for its somewhat elevated acidity. There’s nothing wrong with that and it brings a pleasing sense of crunchiness to the fruit and a tense and charged vibrancy to the mid-palate. But it does cut the richness of this revealing that comparative lack of density vis-à-vis other recent vintages. Fresh, crunchy and with a radiant confit violet note this is certainly one of the vintage’s successes." - Colin Hay (04/2025)


Weinwisser: 18,5/20 Punkte

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Vinous

92-95 POINTS

The 2024 Valandraud is quite the powerhouse. Dense and explosive, Valandraud packs a huge punch. Macerations reached up to four weeks, long for the vintage, yielding an especially huge, deep Saint-Émilion. Valandraud is atypically concentrated for the year. Let's see what happens with élevage. There is a feeling of exoticism here that is so alluring. This is an especially heady, opulent wine in 2024. That was clearly the intent, and an approach that worked.


- Antonio Galloni (04/2025)

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James Suckling

96-97 POINTS

This shows smoky black cherries, damson plums, pine and violets. Bright and acid-driven with almost full body, fresh, polished tannins and a long, mouthwatering finish. A fuller and more concentrated expression for the vintage.


- Zekun Shuai (04/2025)

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Jeb Dunnuck

94-97 POINTS

Based on 85% Merlot, 9% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 6% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 Château Valandraud is aging in 100% new oak and checks in at 13.5% alcohol with a pH of 3.5. It offers terrific depth and richness, with a deep color and focused cassis, dark berries, spicy oak, and graphite aromas. Medium to full-bodied on the palate, it's beautifully textured, with fine tannins, impressive mid-palate density, and a seamless finish. You can safely put this up with anything in the vintage. (05/2025)

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Lisa Perrotti-Brown

95-97 POINTS

Deep garnet-purple colored. Needs a little coaxing before it bursts with bold notes of black raspberries, wild blueberries, and cedar, followed by hints of sassafras, dusty soil, rose oil, and pipe tobacco. The medium-bodied palate is taut with black and red berry layers, framed by firm, grainy tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and perfumed. (05/2025)

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Château Valandraud

Château Valandraud – vom Garagenwein zum Premier Cru

Nicht über ausreichende finanzielle Mittel zu verfügen, kann sich auch als Vorteil erweisen: Weil sich Murielle Andraud und Jean-Luc Thunevin 1991 zwar gerade so den Kauf eines 0,6 Hektar großen Weinbergs in