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  • Country ranking ?

    630
  • Producer ranking ?

    32
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    Steak & especially in a red wine sauce

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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

1955 IS A RICH, VOLUPTUOUS
AND VERY REFINED WINE
So much praise for this wine having profited from a dry and early spring, then from a dry and warm summer until the end of grape picking, providing a yield of 42 ho/h.The wine evolves with time and remains elegant. Sought after by collectors, it still
surprises today by its delicacy and concentration.

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Vintage 1955

In Bordeaux, 1955 began with unstable weather conditions just before summer, but turned into an extremely favorable season by the end of the year. A glorious, sunny and warm, if not hot, period prevailed throughout August and September, until the right amount of much-needed rain arrived. The harvest turned out to be of the highest quality. However, because the vintage was overshadowed by the 1953, it offers value-for-money wines that can still...

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Tasting note

color

Medium, Ruby red and Dark

ending

Long, Round, Lingering and Alcoholic

flavors

Blackcurrant, Leather, Mint, Plum, Coffee and Earthy

nose

Intense and Refined

recommend

Yes

taste

Average in Acidity, Medium tannin, Balanced, Concentrated, Well-structured, Youthful, Full-bodied, Ripe, Refined, Rich, Medium-Dry and Drying tannins

Verdict

Outstanding and Possible fake

Written Notes

There was one more wine, one last wine, one that made me pick my pen up off that table, as it was as good as anything served on this glorious day.  The 1955 Cheval Blanc had a scintillating nose that was rich and sexy.  There was an exotic, coconutty edge to it that put it in a unique place, despite the number of wines served before it.  It was full of red fruits and cranberry joined the party, along with spice and gingerbread.  This was a fleshy wine with a great, robust, rocket-fueled finish.  It had the motor oil greatness, and the kinkiness to keep it company.  It kept lifting more with each sip, wanting to be known better by anyone lucky enough to have a sip.  I have been fortunate to have had this wine a few times in my life, but never as great a bottle as this.  I think I am writing sexy a lot more as I get older, I need to start compensating at my age lol, but this was so sexy, with the exclamation point!  I always love the bottles that outpunch their weight class (99).

  • 99p
Very deep, clear-red colour. Intense and complex nose with some development. Fresh mint, dark chocolate, cassis and roasted coffee beans. Full-bodied taste with vividly pronounced acidity, meaty rich and ripe tannins and intense fruit of blackcurrants. Tremendously long finish with a robust and muscular edge. A very youthful and energetic wine that will last well over ten years. The ripeness of the wine, together with the minty and herbaceous aromas, is very much in common with the style of Heitz Martha’s Vineyard’s wines. It amazes with its youthful character.
  • 94p

The 1955 Cheval Blanc is utterly divine – even better than the bottle tasted in 2014. Quite clear and deep in color, it is blessed with a heavenly bouquet: ripe and vivacious red fruit, iodine, tobacco, sous-bois and mint, all wonderfully focused and as energetic as the day it was born. The beautifully balanced palate delivers supple tannins and impressive depth, quite Left Bank in style, with expressive Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. It is structured yet precise and effortless on the finish. If I may use the word with which I summed up this wine before: regal. Served at dinner by Mr. Kelley in Beaune.

  • 98p
Not much left of the label, but Berry Bros bottling seems to be confirmed by the cork and capsule. Top shoulder fill, bright ruby, brick rim. Exotic and floral notes over pure blueberries and figs. Fresh acidity, coffe and fuller palate, ripe tannins, elegant, long and cassis hint. Broadbent: 'Still being shipped in hogsheads to English wine merchants, some excellent Berry Bros' bottlings drinking beautifully at 30 years of age: rich, soft, earthy, completely rounded.' It continues to deliver at nearly 60.
  • 94p
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Origin

St. Emilion, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Above Average

Value For Money

Good

Investment potential

Good

Fake factory

Serious

Glass time

1h
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