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  • Country ranking ?

    891
  • Producer ranking ?

    12
  • Decanting time

    4h
  • When to drink

    2020-2035

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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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Written Notes

Ruby. A richer Domaine de Chevalier, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, lovely depth! Fresh acidity, ripe tannins, dark fruits, anise, spices, liquorice, well hidden alcohol warmth, detailed and nuanced, long. This has a new richness and depth. And is probably the greatest vintage since the twins 1928 and 1929 from Domaine de Chevalier. 96

  • 96p

Domaine de Chevalier - 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. When I visited this property on the last day of harvest in October 2018, Olivier Bernard told me - "Izak, this is the best vintage of my life!". The barrel sample of 2018 I tasted then confirmed his words. In December 2020, now in the bottle, it was strikingly gorgeous and had a sensual, distinct and classy nose of perfectly ripe blackcurrants, rich on the palate with great complexity, structure and length, and vibrant and with a long aftertaste. Tasted twice from the barrel, once from the bottle. 97p

  • 97p

Medium crimson. Quite gentle compared to many wines of the vintage with attractive mulberry cassis dried herb aromas, fine dry persistent chalky tannins, attractive mid-palate richness and length.

  • 94p

Dark purple red with violet hue and black core. Very rich nose with excellent fruit, ripe elderberries and blackcurrants, stewed blackberries and hints of black cherries in the background. Mild spices and elegant toasting aroma, hints of liquorice and piment d'Espelette in the background. Wonderful wine with ripe tannins, juicy fruit flavour, mild spices and well balanced character. Excellent depth and length. 

  • 95p
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Bordeaux, Pessac Leognan
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