2010 Domaine de Chevalier, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
- Red
- Dry
- Medium Bodied
- Cabernet Sauvignon (65%),Merlot (30%),Petit Verdot (5%)
Ready - at best
Product: 20108003298
Description
Simply sensational! This has absolutely everything I love in a bottle of Bordeaux. It’s almost like a made-to-measure suit and, as with a suit that would fit me, this is extremely voluminous and capacious. Fabulous wafts of gently crushed blackberries ooze out of the glass like dry ice; it’s so cool and precise, dense but utterly beguiling. This has firm but ripe-as-you-like tannins with a traffic-stopping finish of several minutes.
For many years at this excellent estate their white wine is always number one or two in quality over the whole vintage, and since their stunning 2005, their red has been zooming up the Bordeaux charts culminating the their spectacular double whammy of 2009 and 2010. This is an exceptional wine and a must-have !
Simon Staples, Fine Wine Director
Olivier Bernard has crafted a succession of stunning wines over the past few years and this may well be his best yet. There is a wonderful purity and precision, a real sense of terroir, and great harmony between the Cabernet Sauvignon (64%) and Merlot (34%). The quality of tannins is exemplary, the balance is perfect, the length extraordinary, and the whole thing reeks of pure class. Sorry, but this is a personal favourite and I can’t help but wax lyrical about it!
For many years at this excellent estate their white wine is always number one or two in quality over the whole vintage, and since their stunning 2005, their red has been zooming up the Bordeaux charts culminating the their spectacular double whammy of 2009 and 2010. This is an exceptional wine and a must-have !
Simon Staples, Fine Wine Director
Olivier Bernard has crafted a succession of stunning wines over the past few years and this may well be his best yet. There is a wonderful purity and precision, a real sense of terroir, and great harmony between the Cabernet Sauvignon (64%) and Merlot (34%). The quality of tannins is exemplary, the balance is perfect, the length extraordinary, and the whole thing reeks of pure class. Sorry, but this is a personal favourite and I can’t help but wax lyrical about it!
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2010
Maturity Ready - at best
Grape List Cabernet Sauvignon (65%),Merlot (30%),Petit Verdot (5%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Domaine De Chevalier
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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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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