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Cheval Blanc 2015 1800cl

1er Grand Cru Classé A | St. Emilion | Bordeaux | France
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Critics scores
100 Robert Parker
Medium to deep garnet-purple colored, the 2015 Cheval Blanc is still incredibly primary at this very youthful stage. With coaxing, it unfurls to reveal beguiling notions of ripe black cherries, mulberries, licorice, baking spices and smoked meats with touches of incense and potpourri plus wafts of cast iron pan and crushed rocks. Full-bodied, very rich, very firm/taut and with very ripe, fine-grained tannins, it allows a glimpse at its incredible depth of flavors with a very long multi-layered finish. Wow.
98 Wine Spectator
A lovely sanguine hint leads off, followed by racy, elegant juniper, tobacco, red currant and damson plum notes that move in unison. Broadens and deepens, adding notes of currant preserves, warm ganache and smoldering tobacco, with a swath of loamy structure. Yet even as the bass line increases in volume through the finish, this maintains purity and poise. Should deliver some stunning aromatics at peak, which will take awhile to achieve. Best from 2025 through 2045. 8,250 cases made.—J.M.
19 Rene Gabriel
55 % Merlot, 45 % Cabernet Franc. Tiefes Purpur, satt in der Mitte, Granatschimmer am Rand. Das Bouquet ist noch sehr zurückhaltend, viel dunkle Beeren, Edelhölzer, Jasmintee, mitteldunkles Malz und besonders viele, reife Pflaumen zeigend. Im Gaumen mit viel Souplesse beginnend, cremige Tannine, wirkt nicht besonders schwer und setzt voll auf Eleganz, im Finale Kräuter, Lakritze und wieder herrlich süsse Malznoten. Ein erhabener Cheval-Blanc, völlig klar ausgerichtet, der ohne grosse Kapriolen sehr alt werden kann. P.S. Es gibt heuer keinen Zweitwein (Le Petit Cheval). Es hätte praktisch keine schlechten Chargen gegeben, alles sei auf Topniveau gewesen. 19/20 2024 – 2055
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Château Cheval Blanc
Producing phenomenal wines vintage after vintage, some being the most renowned wines in the world - the legendary Château Cheval Blanc lays at their forefront. Bernault Arnault and Albert Frère purchased the property in the late 1990s, sparing no expense the partners plan to make Cheval Blanc the greatest château on Bordeaux’s Right Bank. Classified as a Grand Cru Classé A-grade property, Cheval Blanc owns unarguably the highest plantings of Cabernet Franc in Bordeaux. Bordering the Pomerol appellation, with over half of their 39-hectares of land planted to Cabernet Franc, the estate consists of forty-five separate plots scattered across the region. The unique patchwork of an estate, alongside the high proportion of Cabernet Franc, accounts for the wine’s great complexity. A classically styled Cheval Blanc can be described by its rich, concentrated and intensely complex dark berry fruit and all spice flavors. Ten years or more of ageing will display the structured silky texture of the Grand Vin, Cheval Blanc at its best. A truly unrivalled wine.