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  • Country ranking ?

    1 406
  • Producer ranking ?

    53
  • Decanting time

    1h
  • When to drink

    Now

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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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1978 is one of those forgotten vintages, but with wines like Haut Brion, La Mission Haut Brion, Margaux and Latour amongst others, it is still a vintage worth keeping an eye on. It was probably best in the Graves overall, and this Domaine de Chevalier backed up that argument. It had a great nose full of nutty, plummy cassis fruit, accompanied by chocolate and vigorous alcohol, supplemented by a firm backdrop of earth and cedar. 'Still young,' S. observed as he reminisced over when he first had this wine and how he is always seeking it. There was a lot of acidity and alcohol on the palate, zesty and fresh without being overbearing. I really liked the wine, the vigor of the earth, nut and tobacco flavors, its chocolate and nut kisses, and the chalky, spiny finish
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Bordeaux, Pessac Leognan
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