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  • Country ranking ?

    1 277
  • Producer ranking ?

    41
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    now to 2045

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The Story

The winemaker’s role is to reflect the best the terroir has to offer and to reproduce the intrinsic taste parameters that correspond to Domaine de Chevalier.

Olivier Bernard describes Domaine de Chevalier’s white wines: “Our aim is not to make the wine as fruity as possible at all costs. Measured extraction and barrel ageing create very complex wines – beautifully fresh, never heavy, and with an incredibly long aftertaste that “unfolds like...

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Wine Information

“At Chevalier, every aspect of winemaking takes place in barrels, a percentage of which are new each year. This choice was guided not so much by a desire to give something of an oaky taste to the wine (although this is unquestionably positive), but to enable us to fine tune the final blend. We were pioneers of this very rigorous method, which we have never abandoned since. We feel it is the only approach that guarantees absolute respect for th...

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Latest Pro-tasting notes

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Tasting note

ending

Medium

nose

Refined

recommend

No

taste

Low tannin, Balanced and Refined

Verdict

nice but not special and Fine

Written Notes

Deep and brilliant ruby color. Intense nose of great wine. Fine and complex with outstanding purity of red ripe fruits. Spicy (pepper) and mineral (very typical graphite notes).
Full mouth, very precise, chiseled fine tannins, coated with delicate fruity and crisp flesh.
The balance is impeccable. The wine is energetic, very clear with long finish.
Enjoy on the crisp of its youth.
Drink 2018-2023

Pale lemon yellow. Apples, minerals, refreshing and detailed nose, superb. Fresh acidity, lively, fresh, detailed and elegant palate, refreshing, bit leaner, refined and very long. 93-95
  • 94p
Dark purple red with violet hue and almost black centre. Complex nose with elegant fruit, hints of mild spices and discreet minerality. On the palate well structured with rich charcter and convincing length, excellent balance of tannins, acidity and fruit.
  • 93p
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Origin

Bordeaux, Pessac Leognan

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Very good

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None
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