2016 Domaine de Chevalier
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Tasting Notes
A dense and tight DC with mineral, crushed stone, and cement and black currant. Full, tight and racy. Gorgeous. Leafs and tobacco undertones. Very tannic. Tight So strucured. Complex. Apr 17, www.jamessuckling.com
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
More reviews and scores
Intense raspberry and boysenberry fruit drives along, flecked with anise hints and scored with roasted apple wood details. A touch toothy on the finish, with a loamy note, but the fruit takes an encore, which is a great sign for the future. Apr 2017, James Molesworth, www.winespectator.com
Concentrated and luscious. Real life and savour on the (at the moment slightly inky) end. One of the most youthful samples I encountered. Dry sandpaper end but perhaps it's a more honest sample than most? Apr 2017, www.jancisrobinson.com, Drink: 2028-2048
The 2016 Domaine de Chevalier is a wine of total precision and class. Today, the flavors are remarkably primary, while the tannins, unusually, are totally buried by the fruit. It will be many years before the 2016 is ready to show all of its cards, but it is a brilliant wine in the making. Dark red cherry, blood orange, mint, white pepper and rose petal infuse the strikingly delineated, vibrant finish. Apr 2017, www.vinous.com
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About the producer
Olivier Bernard was just 23 years old when he was handed the reins at Domaine de Chevalier in 1983. The Bernard family, better known for producing brandy and its Bordeaux négociant business, bought the estate from Claude Ricard, whose family had owned the property since the mid-19th century.