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  • Country ranking ?

    529
  • Producer ranking ?

    27
  • Decanting time

    2h
  • When to drink

    Now
  • Food Pairing

    Beef

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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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Wine Information

The 1953 to become the first top vintage of the 1950s. The year ended up to be an excellent one, even though the heavy rains of September threatened to destroy a good year. The hot, dry summer was crowned by a perfect August. The mercury rose above 30°C on more than half of the days in August. Fortunately, the rains that came in mid-September made way for ideal harvest conditions at the beginning of October. The finest wines of this vintage ar...

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Vintage 1953

The 1953 became the first top vintage of the 1950s. The year turned out to be excellent, even if the heavy rains in September threatened to destroy a good year. The hot, dry summer was capped by a perfect August. The mercury exceeded 30°C for more than half of the days in August. Fortunately, rains in mid-September gave way to ideal harvest conditions in early October. The best wines of this vintage are united by their elegance, delicacy and t...

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Tasting note

color

Medium and Ruby red

ending

Medium, Round and Extensive

flavors

Blackcurrant, Vanilla, Coffee, Toasty, Cigar-box and Leather

nose

Youthful, Pure, Fresh and Opulent

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Warming, Low tannin, Balanced, Multi-dimensional, Well-structured, Medium-bodied, Round, Rich, Full and Silky tannins

Written Notes

Cheval 1953/ Bottle was in excellent condition. Level was by the neck. Decanted only half an hour before tasting, which was definitely too short – it needs to breath at least two to three hours before drinking. A first-class, bright, even youthful color. Round and rich, aged bouquet. Surprisingly modest and simple wine at first, although it was very elegant and stylish right from the start. But after breathing three long hours in a glass, it became like another wine. Rich and full with lots of fruit and energy. A well balanced, convincingly sophisticated and grandiose wine. Be patient and you will be rewarded. Tasted many times from different bottling with almost similar notes.
  • 94p

Amazingly, this wine is still dark crimson, even if the rim is quite mature. The nose was wonderfully pure and jewelly in texture – so perfumed and refined!  This wine after all was made only six years after the miraculous 1947. This was a wine with a really refreshing line to it and is not at all heavy. Lovely life to it still. 

  • 98p

Tasted twice - last time in November 2019. Consistent notes. Irresistible wine with great degree of sweetness, sophisticated stuff and extraordinary richness. Can keep for many years yet. This was in June 1992. 27 years later, this wine still was something extraordinary. Seamlessly structured, rich and strikingly sophisticated with stunning complexity and finish. Can probably keep forever!!

  • 97p

In neck fill. Earthy, anise, touch of floral notes comes and goes, lots of tobacco and coffee. Fresh acidity, drying tannins, leaner palate, minerals and tobacco finish, long if drying.

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Origin

St. Emilion, Bordeaux
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