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  • Country ranking ?

    881
  • Producer ranking ?

    11
  • 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

Dark purple colour with violet hue and black core. Exquisite and powerful nose, aroma reminiscent of blackcurrant, sweet elderberries, Boysenberries, hints of vanilla and freshly ground Vietnamese pepper, dark chocolate and elegant toasting touches. On the palate great elegance and precision, pleasant freshness, silky tannins and discreet toasting flavour, backed by juicy berries and ripe plums, mild spices and a hint of pepper. Another great vintage at Domaine de Chevalier. 

  • 97p

2020  Domaine de Chevalier Pessac-Léognan Dark in color, the wine pops with notes of Cuban cigars, smoke, black currants, flowers, blackberries, forest leaf and an intriguing hint of orange rind at the end of the nose.  Full-bodied, plush, polished and well-defined, every layer offers nuance with silk and velvet textures. There is lift, energy, volume and depth on the palate, finishing with waves of dark red currants, creme de cassis, tobacco leaf, blackberry, savory herbs and a gentle wisp of spearmint on the backend. It is going to be quite a treat comparing 2018, 2019 and 2020 over the years. I am certain this will age and evolve for at least 3 decades or more from here. The wine blends 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 7% Petit Verdot and 3 % Cabernet Franc 13.7% ABV. 96-98  Pts

  • 98p

Domaine de Chevalier - 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 3% Cabernet Franc. 13.5% alcohol. Intensely aromatic nose of classy blackcurrants, tobacco and black winter truffle, very refined and lush on the palate, spectacular midpalate, structure and length. Riveting complexity. It’s a stunning addition to excellent 2018 and 2019. Maybe the 2020 vintage here will end as the best one of the trilogy! 97-98p.

  • 98p

Full bottle 1,360 g, Cask sample taken 6 April. 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot.
Spicy nose. Pretty saline and mineral on the palate – non flashy but with lots locked in there. And no shortage at all of tannin but it's ripe enough. Very much a work in progress but with a certain lusciousness of embryonic fruit.

  • 90p
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Bordeaux, Pessac Leognan
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