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Chateau Domaine de Chevalier, Pessac Leognan, 2016
ISELOOMUSTUS
Domaine de Chevalier ajalugu ulatub tagasi 17. sajandisse. Tänapäeval on see suurepärane veinimõis Bernard’ide perekonna omanduses ja veinimõisa juhib Olivier Bernard koos oma naise ja kahe lapsega. Olivier Bernard on alates 1983. aastast viinud läbi mitmeid uuendusi veinimõisas, et viima oma tootmine veel parematele tasemele. 2014. aastal olid nemad ühed esimestest suurtest tegijatest Bordeaux piirkonnas, kes hakkasid kasutama oma veinidel revolutsioonilist Diam korki. Domaine de Chevalier käsutuses on 120 hektarit maad, millest 65 hektarit on viinapuude all ja millest omakorda 63% on Cabernet Sauvignoni all. Viinapuude keskmiseks vanuseks on 30 aastat.
#23 Wine Spectator Top 100 of 2019
Segu: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot ja 5% Petit Verdot
TARBIMISSOOVITUS
Sobib hästi koos loomalihaga või ulukilihaga.
AUHINNAD
James Suckling – 97 Points
Aromas of blackberries, red and dark plums, cedar and gravel, as well as red flowers and brown-leaf tea. It offers a very sleek and powerful array of ripe dark fruit and a very plush, focused and elegant bed of fresh, fine and powerful tannins. Plenty of aging potential, this is still quite tight. A blend of 55 per cent cabernet sauvignon, 35 per cent merlot, five per cent cabernet franc and five per cent petit verdot. Try from 2024.
Jeb Dunnuck – 97 Points
As to the reds, the 2016 Domaine de Chevalier is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and the balance Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc that saw an extended maceration, malo in barrel, and 18 months in just 35% new French oak. This deep purple-hued beauty boasts a powerful bouquet of tobacco smoke, damp earth, gravelly, rocky minerality, wood smoke, and loads of dark fruits. Full-bodied, deep, concentrated yet incredibly elegant and seamless on the palate, it’s a legendary Chevalier in the making. While I rated this as high as 99 points on one of the four separate occasions I was able to taste it, I’m being conservative with the score. it has some upfront charm but needs 4-5 years of cellaring and will keep for 3-4 decades.
Wine Spectator – 96 Points
The core of fruit flavor here is sappy and dense, with lots of kirsch, raspberry pâte de fruit and plum reduction notes, yet this stays fresh and racy overall, with a bright iron spine, flashes of tea and tobacco and a long finish that shows a wonderful infusion of alder and tobacco flavors. Offers a lovely combination of prodigious fruit details, with a tug of earth. Best from 2024 through 2038.
