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Virginie de Valandraud 1999

  • Red fruit
  • Aperitif wine
  • Enjoy with friends
  • Color: Red
  • 13.50% 
  • 0.75L
  • Intensity
  • Classic

Vinifiée avec les mêmes soins que son aîné, cette cuvée doit son nom à la la fille de Jean-Luc Thunevin, la fille du propriétaire de l'exploitation. More info

  • Quantity: 1 Bottle
  • Level: 1 into-neck
  • Label: 1 marked label
  • Origin: Private individual
  • Recoverable VAT: No
  • Country/Region: Bordeaux
  • Appellation/Wine: Saint-Émilion
  • Producer/Owner: Etablissements Thunevin
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Virginie de Valandraud serve at a temperature of 16°C. It will pair perfectly with the following dishes: Civet de sanglier, Epaule dagneau braisée, Filet de marcassin rôti.

Peak: To drink

  • Vintage score: 14/20
  • Lot presentation
    Virginie de Valandraud

    The wine

    Produced since 1992, Virginie de Valandraud (named after the daughter of owner Jean-Luc Thunevin) is Château de Valandraud's second wine. Made from the same plots as the grand vin, it is vinified using the same methods and bottled after being matured in new barrels for 18 to 20 months, with no fining or filtration.

    Information about domain Château de Valandraud

    In 1989, restaurateur and wine merchant Jean-Luc Thunevin and his wife Murielle acquired a small plot of vines (less than a hectare) in Saint-Emilion. The first vintage of Château de Valandraud was produced in 1991. The Thunevin family were involved throughout the winemaking process, seeking perfection at every stage… starting in the vineyard, where Murielle tended the vines on a daily basis. From 2001, organic methods were adopted in the vineyard, which had previously been treated with a minimum pesticides approach. A superb wine prized by connoisseurs all over the world, its price has risen dramatically due to the small quantities that were produced: 4,200 bottles in 1993, 9,000 in 1994, 11,400 in 1995 and about 12,000 bottles a year thereafter. The Thunevin family have since purchased ten more hectares spread across the Saint-Emilion appellation. The term garage wine has thus come to apply less and less to Château Valandraud, which now also produces a second wine, Virginie de Valandraud. At the 2012 reclassification of Saint-Emilion wines, Valandraud was promoted to Premier Grand Cru Classé B status.

    Detailed characteristics

    • Quantity: 1 Bottle
    • Level: 1 into-neck
    • Label: 1 marked label
    • Origin: Private individual
    • Type of cellar: Other
    • Recoverable VAT: No
    • Original Wooden Case / Original Case: No
    • French customs seal: no
    • Alcohol percentage: 13.50 %
    • Country/Region: Bordeaux
    • Appellation/Wine: Saint-Émilion
    • Producer/Owner: Etablissements Thunevin
    • Vintage: 1999
    • Color: Red
    • Peak: To drink
    • Service temperature: 16°
    • Viticulture: Environment friendly 
    • Size (in ha): 4.5
    • Volume: 10000 bottles
    • Intensity: Classic
    • Dominant aroma: Red fruit
    • Tasting occasion: Aperitif wine
    • Grape variety: 70% Merlot, 30% Cabernet franc
    Virginie de Valandraud
    Virginie de Valandraud

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    Virginie de Valandraud 1999

    iDealwine Price(1) corresponds to the hammer price and the buyer's premium charged by the auctioneer. (1)Bottle format