Saint-Émilion · France

Château Valandraud

Vineyard blend

85 % Merlot
9 % Cabernet Sauvignon
6 % Cabernet Franc

Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page.

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The wine

Château Valandraud was founded in 1989 by Murielle Andraud and Jean-Luc Thunevin, a couple passionate about wine, following their initial purchase of a 0.6-hectare plot in the Fongaban valley between Château Pavie-Maquin, La Clotte and the village of Saint-Émilion.

In 1999, Jean-Luc and Murielle invested in cool and late-ripening terroirs on the Saint-Étienne-de-Lisse plateau.

A pioneer in the garage wine movement, Château Valandraud was promoted to Saint-Émilion Premier Grand Cru Classé status in 2012 and renewed in 2022. Since the 2020 vintage, the estate has benefited from a state-of-the-art bioclimatic cellar dug into the limestone hillside.

Terroir

Clay-limestone plateau, 85 metres above the Dordogne river level

Estate figures

8.5 haArea

2024 vintage figures

13.5 % vol.Alcohol
18 yrsVine age
50,000 bottlesProduction

Alcohol, yield and vine age are those of the 2024 vintage; they vary from year to year. Only the area above stays stable from one vintage to the next.

Vintages on record

Vintage	Best score	Vintage character	Technical sheet
2024	—	A difficult flowering and a wet summer reduced the harvest: light, aromatic wines, to be drunk early.	PDF français · PDF anglais · PDF français — blanc · PDF anglais — blanc · PDF français — virginie · PDF anglais — virginie · PDF français — virginie-blanc · PDF anglais — virginie-blanc
2023	—	Mildew cost a good share of the harvest; what was brought in is early, fresh and promising.	PDF français · PDF anglais · PDF français — blanc · PDF anglais — blanc
2022	—	The extreme drought was absorbed by the clays: a sun-driven concentration, but without the expected harshness.	PDF français · PDF anglais · PDF français — blanc · PDF anglais — blanc · PDF français — virginie · PDF anglais — virginie · PDF français — virginie-blanc · PDF anglais — virginie-blanc
2021	—	Frost followed by a cool summer brought back classic wines, lighter and more taut, to be drunk in their youth.	PDF français · PDF anglais
2020	—	An early, dry year gave splendid wines, which many rank above 2018.	PDF français · PDF français — blanc
2019	—	A hot end of summer on rehydrated soils gave a rare balance between freshness and substance.	fiche · PDF
2018	—	After the mildew, the heat concentrated a small harvest: rich, ripe and very dense wines.	PDF français · PDF français — blanc
2017	—	Frost struck the slope-foot vines: the plateaus saved the day, and the vintage must be judged plot by plot.	PDF français
2016	—	A dry summer on full water reserves gave fresh, deep wines, magical on the asteria limestone.	PDF français

“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.

All technical sheets

The estate’s grand vin and other cuvées, vintage by vintage: VinCod sheet and printable PDF.

Château ValandraudGrand vinRouge · 1 vintage

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Texts and documents 2024

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Technical sheet PDF · French Technical sheet PDF · English

Visuals

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