The 2018 vintage is particularly convincing with a beautiful combination of concentration

and classic Pauillac power

As I've written before

and persistent

and elegant structure blend beautifully

Château Valandraud, Saint-Emilion, 2021, 75cl MASTER_2233 The 2018 vintage is particularlyThe 2021 Valandraud offers up aromas of minty berries framed by a generous application of creamy new oak. Medium to full bodied, with a creamy attack that segues into a mid palate built around chalky barrel tannins, it concludes with a vanillin inflected and discreetly herbal finish. This showed more harmoniously en primeur than in bottle. William Kelley, Wine Advocate