2023 l'Esprit de Chevalier
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Tasting notes
The second wine of this reference point estate outside of Léognan, the 2023 L'Esprit De Chevalier offers a deep ruby/plum hue as well as classic Graves notes of darker currants, smoky herbs, graphite, and scorched earth. It's medium-bodied, has ample ripeness, and surprisingly polished, silky tannins for a second wine. It's beautifully made and will offer ample pleasure on release and over the following 15+ years.
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James Suckling
Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
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Fresh, bright, red berries, flowers, and cocoa show in the nose. Medium-bodied, the wine is elegant, soft, polished, silky, and vibrant, with sweet, ripe, red berries in the finish. You can enjoy this with pleasure on release. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and 5% Petit Verdot. 14% ABV.
Lots of blackberry, crushed-stone, bark and lead-pencil aromas. Full-bodied and tight on the palate with soft and pretty tannins that give it length and focus. 63% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 5% petit verdot and 2% cabernet franc.
The 2023 L'Esprit de Chevalier, with its somber, dark character, evokes aromas of pencil lead, dark wild berries, violet, mulberries and spices, followed by a medium to full-bodied, ample and charming palate framed by a fleshy core of fruit, velvety tannins and an expansive, mouthwatering finish despite some oaky notes. This is a blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot.
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.