2014 Domaine de Chevalier
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Tasting notes
The 2014 Domaine de Chevalier has always been an impressive wine for the vintage. This has a superb bouquet with blackberry, graphite, sea spray and pressed roses, which are very well-defined and classy. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant, fine tannins, a keen line of acidity, fresh with white pepper and allspice towards the harmonious and precise finish. This is a Pessac-Léognan ratcheting through the gears - recommended. Tasted blind at the Southwold 10-Year-On tasting.
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More reviews and scores
Tasted blind. Very dark with black core. Pretty closed on the nose, suggesting density. Tannins are firm, compact but polished and there’s enough fruit to fill the core. Powerful and long. (JH)
Dark fruits, stony ground, crushed rocks, serious Left Bank feel, with Cabernet Sauvignon dominant, well structured, plenty of life ahead, not the most geneous of Chevaliers but brilliant quality, restrained, confident, a consistently impressive wine that I have enjoyed on several occasions since En Primeur and that is clearly still at the beginning of its life.
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot. Harvested 1 to 17 October. Crimson hue. Roasted, dark-fruit aromas. Just opening now. Juicy on the palate with some sweetness but the finish a touch drying. Another bottle could be better. (JL)
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.