2007 Domaine de Chevalier, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (35%), Petit Verdot (5%), Cabernet Franc (5%)
Ready - mature
Neal Martin MW
93/100
Julia Harding MW
16.5/20
Robert Parker
91/100
Product: 20078003298
2007 Domaine de Chevalier, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux

Description

Ripe fruit and hints of tobacco hit the nose before you discover the palate has well-balanced acidity and silky tannins. There is a good concentration of blackberries and earthiness with a slight hint of liquorice. As with the estate's white, the finish goes on and on. This is one for the traditional Bordeaux lover.

Ben Upjohn, Berry Bros. & Rudd

No wonder Olivier Bernard was beaming. His 2007 is the latest in a line of stunning vintages, which, apart from the fantastic 2005, is his best wine since 2000. A brooding, spicy, damson nose leads onto a dense palate with blackberry, crushed cassis, tobacco and leather with a long, pure finish. 

The balanced, mouth-filling fruit is cloaked in velvety but significant tannins (higher than 2005), bestowing the wine with a refined, masculine, early-drinking style. Fantastic in the context of any vintage and not far off the quality of Haut-Brion, this is an essential buy for any Claret-lover.

Simon Staples, Berry Bros. & Rudd

Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2007
Maturity Ready - mature
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (55%), Merlot (35%), Petit Verdot (5%), Cabernet Franc (5%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine De Chevalier

Critics reviews

Neal Martin MW 93/100
Tasted at BI Wine & Spirits' 10-Years-On tasting, the 2007 Domaine de Chevalier was tasted from two bottles. I returned the first as it felt a little volatile on the nose, but the second was as it should be. This has a very refined bouquet with scents of warm gravel and black olives permeating the dark berry fruit, all very well defined and focused. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin, very fresh and generous in the mouth with superb mineralit and tension towards the tertiary finish. What a lovely Domaine de Chevalier pointbut with the substance to suggest that it will not go downhill in any hurry. Tasted February 2017.Neil Martin - 30/06/2017
Neal Martin MW, (Jun 2017)
Julia Harding MW 16.5/20
Smoky, savoury and rich. Deeply coloured. Pure, dark and subtle fruit. Tannins present but smoothed and finishes fresh. julia_harding MW- www.JancisRobinson.com - Oct 09
Julia Harding MW, JancisRobinson.com (Oct 2009)
Robert Parker 91/100
One of the vintage's top successes, this blend of 63% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot exhibits a juicy, black currant, forest floor, and soil-scented nose. Layered with brilliant precision, purity, and density, it is a medium to full-bodied, elegant, intensely flavored, soft, upfront blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. It should drink well for 10-15 years. robert_parker - Wine Advocate #188 - Apr 2010
Robert Parker, RobertParker.com (Apr 2010)

About this wine

Cabernet Sauvignon

The most famous red wine grape in the world and one of the most widely planted.
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Pessac-Léognan

Pessac-Léognan

In 1986 a new communal district was created within Graves, based on the districts of Pessac and Léognan. Pessac-Léognan has the best soils of the region, very similar to those of the Médoc, although the depth of gravel is more variable, and contains all the classed growths of the region. Some of its great names, including Ch. Haut-Brion, even sit serenely and resolutely in Bordeaux's southern urban sprawl.
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Domaine de Chevalier

Domaine de Chevalier is one of the few Graves estates to produce both first class reds and whites. The property was purchased by the Ricard family in 1865 and remained in their hands until it was bought by the Bernard distilling company in 1983. Domaine De Chevalier has 35 hectares of vines and red wine accounts for 80% of the production. Made from a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, and 5% Cabernet Franc, the wine is fermented in temperature-controlled, stainless steel vats and then matured in oak barriques (50% new) for 18 months. Domaine de Chevalier is fortunate to have such a fine team to run its affairs. Olivier, whose family business owns the estate, is the outgoing but canny administrator whilst Rémi Edange is hands-on, knowing every vine and every barrel. Whilst their white wines have always been amongst the very finest, the reds were simpler affairs. But from the 1995 vintage onwards greater flair and concentration was in evidence. The quality curve is now further accentuated by the team's bold move to appoint Stéphane Derenoncourt, of La Mondotte fame, as consultant winemaker. Domaine De Chevalier is classified as a Graves Cru Classé.
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