Chateau de Valandraud 2020 St. Emilion Bordeaux 3 above the usual fog line

above the usual fog line

Henri and Claude Barruol took over in 1957 and gradually moved Saint Cosme away from the bulk wine business

March and early April were very cold

This is on the wine list at the French Laundry

This is a thrilling set of wines from Hall

Chateau de Valandraud 2020 St. Emilion Bordeaux 3 above the usual fog line99 Points Rare release of one of Bordeaux's top scoring wines. 99 Points Jeb Dunnuck: "One of the wines of the vintage is Jean Luc Thunevin's 2020 Chteau Valandraud, which comes from the cooler, eastern side of Saint Emilion. Exhibiting a dense purple hue as well as an incredible perfume of crme de cassis, ripe black cherries, violets, new leather, and an almost Hermitage like burning embers character, it hits the palate with full bodied richness,