Domaine de Chevalier Rouge, Grand Cru Classé
    Domaine de Chevalier

    Domaine de Chevalier Rouge, Grand Cru Classé, 2009

    97/100
    Inside Bordeaux
    94/100
    Vinous
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    1. Last Few

      2009

      75cl

      DP

      £75.59

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      2009

      75cl

      DP

      £75.59

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    1. 2009

      12x75cl

      DP

      £883.07

    Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

    Olivier Bernard's 2009 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge was the highlight of the Pessac Leognan UGC tasting. Olivier is one of a select group of proprietors including Bernard Magrez, Daniel and Florence Cathiard and Veronique Saunders who are raising the profile of Graves. The 2009 is a fabulously lifted, vibrant wine, which oozes class and sophistication. The bouquet is packed with ripe exotic notes, wild summer berries, fruits of the forest and freshly cut herbs. It possesses splendid texture and a wonderful fruit core with long, pure flavours of gloriously ripe fruit. This is an utterly delicious, regal Domaine de Chevalier that bucks the trend for massive tasting wines and charms with a brightness, intensity and charm rather than dropping a fruit bomb on one's palate. A most refined and elegant Pessac.

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    Critic Reviews

    97/100
    Jane Anson,
    Inside Bordeaux
    Some of the best quality tannins on display among all the 2009s are found here at Domaine de Chevalier. Delineated, precise, still young and flexible, cradling blackberry and cassis fruits along with incense, crayon and rosebud. Less generous than many from this vintage right now with decades ahead of it. Balanced, finessed but concentrated and intense. Gorgeous. 33% new oak for ageing.
    drinking window 2025 - 2044
    date of review 10/2024
    94/100
    Neal Martin,
    Vinous
    The 2009 Domaine de Chevalier has a vivacious, almost exotic bouquet with lavish black fruit, mint, oregano and cedar that all gain intensity with aeration. The palate is medium-bodied with supple tannin, a fine bead of acidity, ripe black fruit laced with white pepper and even a faint touch of Szechuan pepper. This displays exquisite balance and the finish feels deep and satisfying, clearly born in a great vintage. Tasted blind at the Domaine de Chevalier vertical at the property.
    drinking window 2021 - 2050
    date of review 03/2019

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    Specifications

    Country:
    France
    Region:
    Bordeaux
    Appellation:
    Pessac Léognan
    style:
    Red Wine
    Grape Variety:
    Cab Sauvignon Merlot
    abv:
    13.5%

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