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  • Country ranking ?

    321
  • Producer ranking ?

    18
  • Decanting time

    3h
  • When to drink

    now to 2050
  • Food Pairing

    Spring lamb served pink with fresh herbs

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Each year, Wine Spectator editors survey the wines reviewed over the previous 12 months and select our Top 100, based on quality, value, availability and excitement. This annual list honors successful wineries, regions and vintages around the world.

Cheval Blanc 1998 was in the second place on t the Wine of the Year in 2001 list.

Subtle, complex and refined, with aromas of cherry, licorice, mineral, berry and other sweet, ripe fruit. Ful...

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The Story

Whether by design or by pure chance, there are in the world exceptional places. Cheval Blanc is one of these. Combining a unique soil with a symbiotic mix of grape varieties, Cabernet Franc and Merlot, Cheval Blanc produces a wine, which has the rare quality of being good at any age. It is without doubt one of the most consistent wines in the world. Cheval Blanc's unique identity is due to its varied soils, early-ripening microclimate, the per...

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One of the most impressively ranked vintages of Cheval and certainly a very fine wine, though this bottle did not reach the very highest level. Those among the group who know the wine better than I do felt this was certainly a good bottle but not at its absolute best. One or two felt that a touch of brett might be involved. I could not see that. I thought it an extremely fine wine (my score largely standard for the group) but overshadowed on the day. Ripe and dense with delicious black fruits, leather, cigar box and chocolate notes. Firm tannins and impressive concentration. Still youthful. It might not be at its best but still a fabulous bottle.
  • 95p

Ruby, pink rim, floral, violets, mint, layered, again impossible to describe fully. Close to perfect balance, playfull and stil relaxed acidity. tannins soft, stunning texture, mouthwatering, just ads and ads with air, incredible length, never ending, I keep raising the score on this as it keeps unlocking more and more secrets. I wish I had cases of this one. 98

Served blind, I was sure it was Petrus, as was most of the table. Wine of the evening!

  • 98p
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Origin

St. Emilion, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Excellent

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

Below Average

Fake factory

None

Glass time

2h
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