If the 2019 vintage at this address was something of a guilty pleasure, the 2020 Valandraud is simply guilty as charged. Exhibiting aromas of jammy black fruits mingled with toasted coconut, spices and caricatural slatherings of new oak, it's full-bodied, rich and chewy, with generously extracted tannins that clamp down on the finish. All that oak and extract impedes access to the wine's generous fruit, rendering it less demonstrative and gourmand than its 2019 counterpart, and that's a pity, as recent vintages of Valandraud have been among the more successful of the few remaining hold-out "garagiste" wines of the Right Bank.

釀酒師讓-呂克·圖內(nèi)文在這個年份取得了巨大成功，他釀造的2020年瓦蘭佐更是一款毫無疑問的絕佳精品。此酒風格成熟、誘人、華麗，洋溢著極其豐富的成熟黑色水果、巧克力、香草、濃縮咖啡以及類似于多葉草本的香氣和風味。這是一款飽滿強勁的圣埃美隆佳釀，但口感卻非常輕靈優(yōu)雅，酸度適中，單寧成熟，余味持久。

2020年份的瓦蘭佐色澤極其濃郁，完全不透光，樟腦、鮮花、李子甜酒、甘草、藍莓、櫻桃派和亞洲香料的芳香飄逸而出，撩人心弦。豐富華麗的果味溢滿口腔，愉悅之至，令人著迷，與此同時，此酒又始終保持著清新、集中且復雜的口感。它所帶來的種種味蕾體驗堪稱完美。如果你能耐心等上10年，這將會是一款真正的窖藏珍釀。毫不夸張地說，這是瓦蘭佐酒莊有史以來的最佳出品。