David Kline

9.8

Graphite and raisin, fig and marinated porcini, smoky dried cherries, black pepper on grilled beef fat, toasted sesame, dried black and red currants, all within an aura of damson and violet and honeyed rose petal. Palate leaps with damson and dried and fresh bing cherry, dried spiced plum, cedar and dried lavender, black olive, moist tobacco, and perfectly toned tannins which come off as a separate, undefinable taste of fruit skin extraction with stunning depth; tea leaves meet dried blackberry in a redwood stand. Soft date and creamy fig follow to a tart raspberry end.




#châteauchevalblanc #chevalblanc #1ergrandcruclassé #1995 #stemiliongrandcru #saintemiliongrandcru #grandcruclassé #grandcru #appellationsaintemiliongrandcrucontrolée #misenbouteilleauchateau #stcivileduchevalblanc #gironde #bordeaux #rightbank #bordeauxrouge — a year ago

with Courtney

Charles (Chad) Bucklin

Owner and founder of C. T. Bucklin Wine Advising

7.8

Past peak. Some interesting earthy notes and touches of fruit. The structure was barley intact and everything was lost after 5 minutes in the glass. #chevalblanc #sainttemilion #bordeaux — 9 years ago

Carla Santos

Wine Education Manager Wine Story and Planet Grapes

10

#Bordeaux at its finest takes my breath away. Too beautiful to pair with food, the 1982 #ChevalBlanc was as resplendent as its famed vintage and estate. Quite a hard act to follow. 🍷 #winetasting #StEmilion — 10 years ago

David Kline

9.5

Dusty cherry and dense Christmas pudding nose features baked blueberry and dried red currants with blue spruce, Connecticut cigar wrap, sunflower, marigold and tea. There is ample black pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg and lacquered oak. Silky smooth and incredibly well-integrated layers of aforementioned spices with a surprisingly green tobacco note. Cedar and dried blackberry atop baked raspberry and peppercorn tart. Simply delicious and unwaveringly structured.

#chevalblanc #cheval #châteauchevalblanc #1ergrandcruclassé #1986 #stemiliongrandcru #appellationsaintemiliongrandcrucontrolée #misenbouteille #misenbouteilleauchâteau # — 3 years ago

Charles Hetzel

9.5

Charles had this 9 years ago

Ludovic Anacleto

9.2

'89 vintage.
Meaty, bacon like nose, touches of toffee and blackberry jam. It's quite an obvious nose, lacking complexity in regard to the terroir of Cheval. 89 is one of my favorite vintages and I was expecting a bit more power, muscle, mouth coating and intensity. Mouthfeel is quite simple, linear and not of Cheval's level. A very charming wine indeed that misses the wow factor you expect for such origin. #bordeaux #bordeauxwines #chevalblanc — 9 years ago

with Alejandro and Bernardo

Philippe Thibault

So delicious. #chevalblanc #grandcruclassé #stemilion — 7 years ago

Tom Kobylarz

9.5

One of the most prized Right Bank Bordeaux from the legendary Cheval Blanc, these were in great shape and strutting their stuff, both plenty open but indicating to me decades of life ahead of them.

The 2000 was especially complex, showing more range in complexity with a little more length and density. The 2005 was concentrated and pure, brimming with black and red fruit, licorice and a trace of rock and mineral buried under the fat of a generous weather vintage.

#chevalblanc #saintemilion #cabernetfranc #merlot — 8 years ago

with Eric

Piya Charanjiva

9.3

Who knew there was this wine in small town Florida! #oldbordeaux #chevalblanc — 9 years ago

with Lakshman

Jackson Rohrbaugh

9.5

Epic Bordeaux. Tannins like a crushed velvet couch. Thanks to who shared this with us! #chevalblanc #bordeaux #stemilion — 10 years ago