Domaine de Chevalier Rouge, Grand Cru Classé, 2024

Name: Domaine de Chevalier Rouge, Grand Cru Classé
Brand: Domaine de Chevalier
Price: 192 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2000 2018 2021 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

Domaine de Chevalier opens with a whisper of coal and smoke. Initially rather coy, the bouquet unfurls with coaxing, revealing attractive aromas of mulberries and damsons intertwined with a flinty, earthy element. The palate is typically generous: loganberries mingle with ripe plums, notes of loam and a touch of mocha. As one would expect, Oliver Bernard and his team have produced one of the finest examples from Pessac Leognan, a wine full of vivid fruit, supported by lively acidity and well-judged tannins. This blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc, finishes with floral fruit and a charming salinity.

critic reviews

93-95/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

Deep garnet-purple in color. Pops from the glass with wonderfully fragrant notes of red roses, cardamom, and mossy tree bark, leading to a core of cassis and red currant jelly. The light-bodied palate is energetic and shimmery, delivering fine-grained tannins and bold freshness, finishing long and minerally.

DRINKING WINDOW 2028 - 2045

date of review 05/2025

91-93/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2024 Domaine de Chevalier was cropped at 48 hl/ha between September 20 and October 8. This is almost Burgundian in style, with a fragrant bouquet revealing pure blueberry and blackcurrant aromas alongside crushed violet and iris flower scents emerging with aeration. It is very comely and alluring. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins. It's very harmonious and already in this prenatal stage, seductive. With finely chiseled tannins and more <em>mineralité</em> compared to the L'Esprit, this seems to glide on the finish. Just a lovely Pessac-Léognan for the vintage, though this year it must accept the silver medal as Olivier Bernard's white takes the gold.

DRINKING WINDOW 2031 - 2048

date of review 05/2025

90-92/100Yohan Castaing,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 Domaine de Chevalier reveals a spicy, brooding bouquet of oak, dark berries and gentian. Medium to full-bodied, juicy and round, it's firm and has an assertive tannic frame, concluding with a somewhat chewy finish. Despite a respectable yield and a clear stylistic shift toward less oak influence, the estates sandy terroirs struggled to achieve full ripeness in this delicate vintage.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2034

date of review 04/2025