2012 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc
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Tasting notes
70% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Semillon. Pale coloured and very restrained in fruit character on the nose, with just ripe green apple fruit and prominent chalky mineral notes. Lean, high acid palate with a lot of concentration. Tense and lively. As usual, this is very good and performs well above its price level. FINE+RARE
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Robert Parker
More reviews and scores
Rocking stuff, the truly brilliant 2012 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc offers fabulous notes of caramelized citrus, lemon curd and honeysuckle in a laser-focused, tight, gorgeously textured package. This beauty represents a good value in the market and is ideal for readers looking for top flight Bordeaux Blanc, as well as for those looking to understand this great terroir.
Tasted blind at the Southwold 2012 tasting. The 2012 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc has an intriguing marine influence nose that nods towards Muscadet - well defined with white flower and chalky scents following suit. The palate is fresh and vibrant, well balanced and quite rounded in the mouth, easing down with a chalky, more linear finish. I suspect this has gone into its shell, ergo my parsimonious score vis-a-vis out of barrel, but in my experience, Domaine de Chevalier rewards long-term bottle age and I expect that score to float upwards with time. Tasted January 2016.
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.