| Winery |
Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2012 Grand Cru Classe de Graves |
| Vintage |
2012 |
| Region |
Bordeaux |
| Grape |
Sauvignon & Semillon Blends |
| Style |
White Wine |
| Sweetness |
Dry |
| Body |
Medium |
| Tasting note |
A beautifully elegant and complex wine, with subtle notions of citrus, honeysuckle and tropical fruits, this medium-bodied, fresh, super-pure 2012 from Domaine de Chevalier should drink well for 30 or more years. The color is light straw with a greenish hue to it. Drink 2015-2025. By Robert Parker, Apr 2015.
Tasted blind at the Southwold 2012 tasting. The 2012 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc has an intriguing marine influence nose that nods towards Muscadet - well defined with white flower and chalky scents following suit. The palate is fresh and vibrant, well balanced and quite rounded in the mouth, easing down with a chalky, more linear finish. I suspect this has gone into its shell, ergo my parsimonious score vis-a-vis out of barrel, but in my experience, Domaine de Chevalier rewards long-term bottle age and I expect that score to float upwards with time. Tasted January 2016. By Neal Martin @ Wine Advocate, Oct 2016.
This is very tender and pretty with very fine elements. Dried lemons, minerals and lilac as well as character of oyster shell and iodine. Full body, yet refined and long. You normally see this sort complex character in reds from Pessac-Léognan. Fascinating young white. By James Suckling, Apr 2013. |
| Rating |
RP93+ / NM91+ / JS94-95 / |
| ABV |
14% |
| Size |
750ml |
