{"product_id":"2022-chateau-valandraud-saint-emilion-grand-cru-bordeaux-750ml","title":"2022 Chateau Valandraud Saint-Emilion Premier Grand Cru Bordeaux 750mL","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u0026lt;Pre-arrival, arriving July 2026\u0026gt;\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eIn 1991, a former bank clerk with no vineyard and no pedigree made a hundred cases of wine in a garage in Saint-Émilion. The Bordeaux establishment sneered and coined a term to put him in his place: \"garage wine.\" Jean-Luc Thunevin wore it like a badge. By 1995, Robert Parker scored his tiny Château Valandraud higher than Pétrus; prices blew past the First Growths; and the same gatekeepers who mocked him eventually inducted Valandraud into Saint-Émilion's elite as a Premier Grand Cru Classé.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe 2022 is Thunevin's greatest to date. Jeb Dunnuck scored it a perfect 100, ranking it with the \"otherworldly\" 2010 and 2020, while Suckling, Galloni, the Wine Advocate, and Jane Anson piled on with a wall of mid-to-high-90s. From a vintage critics are calling a new benchmark for Bordeaux, it's 85% Merlot and two years in new oak — full-bodied, deep, and massive, yet so light on its feet it carries all that richness with no weight at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eAcross 42 U.S. retailers, some charging up to $256, ours is the lowest in the country at $150 — a perfect-scoring Premier Grand Cru for far less than the top shops charge. The garage rebel beat the First Growths on quality decades ago. Now we beat them on price, too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Valandraud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49239928865025,"sku":"5999860","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0783\/8085\/9649\/files\/5999860_1_849fb935-ff3c-4a15-986c-77b9d1899be2.jpg?v=1780942172","url":"https:\/\/winekey.com\/products\/2022-chateau-valandraud-saint-emilion-grand-cru-bordeaux-750ml","provider":"WineKey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}