Cheval Blanc is one of the great wines of Bordeaux: on the border of Pomerol and St-Emilion, it’s a wine that can thrill with its sensuous tannins, profound depth, and remarkable length. A benchmark wine of the world, tasting this always feels like a privilege.
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Extremely precise floral and berry aromatics build out of the glass and this sense of construction continues through the palate. On the attack you get a whoosh of powerful blueberry and blackberry, with sage, woodsmoke and crushed stone, all cut cleanly through, exposing juicy minerality and a feel of different elements layering on top of each other. 82% 1st wine in this vintage. Harvest from September 10, picking only in the mornings for two weeks (the only three plots of Merlot that were brought in after the September rains are in Petit Cheval). Biodiversity is blooming at Cheval right now - 40 brebis goats and shep since October 2019, alongside pigs, 200 Bresse chicken, 40 egg-laying chickens and 16 beehives. They have planted 850 fruit trees this winter among the vines, and no longer work the soils. Less Cabernet Franc in the vineyard until 2022 due to replanting.
Critic score 92/100
Maturity Ready 2022 - 2035
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Maturity Mature 2007
Critic score 98.5/100
Maturity Young 2028 - 2060
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