1993 Domaine de Chevalier
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Tasting notes
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. Harvested 25 September to 5 October. Colour a bit more youthful than the 1992. Dark core with brick at rim. Sous-bois notes but still with a notion of fruit. A bit more volume compared with the earlier wines in this flight. And some semblance of structure but short on the finish. (JL)
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A disturbing pattern appears to be emerging with recent offerings from this chateau. After bottling, the wines are fruitless, ferociously tannic, and completely out of balance. Even the white Domaine de Chevalier seems to be missing the great intensity of flavor and ripeness that one expects from this renowned estate in Pessac-Leognan. This is a frightfully lean, austere, ferociously tannic wine that is nearly devoid of fruit and charm. There is some spice and new oak in the nose, but there is very little flavor and flesh to what is, in essence, a wine of all structure - acidity, alcohol, and wood tannin. Given the number of marvelous Domaine de Chevaliers I have tasted as well as purchased over the years, I hope my tasting notes for the 1993-95 prove to be terribly inaccurate.
A very delicate style for this estate. Elegant, fresh and lively, offering plum and black cherry notes, fine tannins and crisp finish. Better in 1997. Wine Spectator, 31 Jan 1996.
A disturbing pattern appears to be emerging with recent offerings from this chateau. After bottling, the wines are fruitless, ferociously tannic, and completely out of balance. Even the white Domaine de Chevalier seems to be missing the great intensity of flavor and ripeness that one expects from this renowned estate in Pessac-Leognan. This is a frightfully lean, austere, ferociously tannic wine that is nearly devoid of fruit and charm. There is some spice and new oak in the nose, but there is very little flavor and flesh to what is, in essence, a wine of all structure - acidity, alcohol, and wood tannin. Given the number of marvelous Domaine de Chevaliers I have tasted as well as purchased over the years, I hope my tasting notes for the 1993-95 prove to be terribly inaccurate. Feb 1997, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Since buying the property in 1983, the Bernard family has cemented Domaine de Chevalier’s reputation as one of the Graves’s finest red and white wine producers, known for their sophisticated and elegant wines.