Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, Pessac Léognan, 2021

Name: Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, Pessac Léognan
Brand: Domaine de Chevalier
Price: 541.13 GBP

Available Vintages

all 2011 2015 2021 2022 2023 2024

justerini & brooks tasting note

Regularly one of our favourites, the 2021 does not disappoint. One of the whites of the vintage. Serious without being challenging, complex but easy to drink, this offers a classy, nuanced mix of salted lemon, herb, stone fruit and mineral characteristics. Tangy, vibrant and complex flavours neatly woven together. Layered, intense but with a degree of restraint and composure. 75% Sauvignon Blanc 25% Semillon.

critic reviews

96/100Lisa Perrotti-Brown,The Wine Independent

A blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon, the 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc sails from the glass, after a swirl of two, with a gorgeous perfume of spiced apples, grapefruit oil, and orange blossoms, leading to wafts of sea spray and paraffin wax. The medium-bodied palate has a gorgeous satiny texture juxtaposing the racy backbone and supporting the apple and citrus layers, finishing long and perfumed.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2038

date of review 04/2024

94/100Jane Anson,Inside Bordeaux

Great stuff, with momentum building from beginning to end, blueberry, black cherry fruits, delivered with an extra kick of liqourice and chocolate. Needs time to age, but feels like it will reward a good five to six years in bottle, and is one of the few where you don't have to excuse the vintage - just enjoy an earlier-drinker, well sculpted year. 30hl/h yield. In organic conversion. An upsocre.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2041

date of review 04/2024

95/100Neal Martin,Vinous

The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc was one of the best wines that I tasted, white or red, during en primeur. Now in bottle, it has a captivating bouquet of mineral-rich citrus fruit that represents one of the most complex I have encountered in any vintage. The palate is well-balanced with a beautiful line of acidity and a slightly resinous texture, very complex and intense on the finish that lingers in the mouth. What a fabulous dry white Bordeaux this will become.

DRINKING WINDOW 2026 - 2055

date of review 02/2024

94+/100Yohan Castaing,Robert Parker Wine Advocate

The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc is a blend of 70% Sauvignon and 30% Semillon that matured for 18 months in barrels, of which 35% were new. Delivering a deep, complex bouquet that features aromas of spices, white pepper, elderflower, citrus oil and wet stones, it's full-bodied, round and generous, with a satiny attack that segues into a fleshy, vibrant palate, concluding with a pure and precise finish.

DRINKING WINDOW 2023 - 2040

date of review 02/2024