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  • Country ranking ?

    1 640
  • Producer ranking ?

    84
  • Decanting time

    1h30min
  • When to drink

    now to 2025
  • Food Pairing

    pork Crown Roast

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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

1993 was a cool, wet vintage, but a dry spell in July and August had a very salutary effect.  This was a Merlot year in which the wines were well-balanced, very aromatic, and showed good ageing potential​.

The three first months of the year were mild and exceptionally dry. The above-average temperatures continued on through April, May, and June, but these three months were also very wet, with twice the usual rainfall. July was cool, with av...

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Origin

St. Emilion, Bordeaux

Vintage Quality

Below Average

Value For Money

Satisfactory

Investment potential

No Potential

Fake factory

None

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RIPENING AND YIELDS

Despite September showers, the quality of the wine was fairly good.  The vintage potential was largely achieved after the first week of September and, due to low temperatures, it remained intact until picking. The fruit was in very good condition. Botrytis cinerea (grey rot) spreads when the thermometer rises above 15°C. As it so happened, the average temperature in the last ten days of September was only 13.9°C (as compared to 17°C in a "normal" year). The grapes did not weigh very much, which is a sign of concentration. The sugar levels were low and acidity was average, with little malic acid - a sign of the fruit's physiological ripeness.  There was also good phenolic concentration, especially in Merlot. Furthermore, the colouring matter was easily extracted, and the wine had a deep, dark hue. 

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