Chateau Valandraud Saint-Emilion Grand Cru 2005 Library Release (750ml)
- In stock
- Not Mevushal
- Kosher for Passover
Chateau Valandraud 2005 is a kosher cuvee and a library release from the iconic Saint-Emilion garagiste estate of Jean-Luc Thunevin. The blend is 75% Merlot and 25% Cabernet Franc, from a benchmark Bordeaux vintage, and it was aged 22 months in new French oak. Every bottle holds twenty-plus years of cellar patience.
Mood: cellared Bordeaux, refined age.
A library-release kosher Valandraud. Almost never seen. This is the bottle you open once, and everyone at the table remembers where they were sitting.
Tasting Notes
The bouquet is precise and fine-grained, with blackberry, raspberry, and crisp strawberry and a subtle marine minerality. On the palate it is refined and composed. An almost Burgundian silkiness carries decades of tertiary aromatic evolution, with cedar, truffle, and dried tobacco. It finishes powerful, intense, and cohesive, and it is still evolving.
Food Pairing
This is a wine for the head of the table at a milestone seudah. It is ideal alongside dry-aged ribeye, slow-braised short rib, roast lamb, or seared duck confit. Aged hard cheeses and a fine cigar suit it too.
Details
| Producer | Chateau Valandraud (Jean-Luc Thunevin) |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux, Saint-Emilion Grand Cru |
| Varietal | 75% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Franc |
| Style | Dry Red Bordeaux, Library Release, 22 mo. New Oak |
| Alcohol | 14% |
| Bottle Size | 750ml |
| Hashgacha | OU |
| Mevushal | No |
| Kosher for Passover | Yes |