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| Community Tasting Notes (average 91.5 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 46 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by Tao on 12/31/2022 & rated 96 points: What a marvellous bottle to end the year 2022! It is all about refinement and subtlety to build the great style and character of the wine. What a memorable experience! Starting from the beautiful colour, translucent like a piece of ruby jewellery, superb sweet mineral nose, a little spearmint and the palate equals the pleasure, tons of sweet mineral fruits, an exceptional package, never expect that from the vintage 1997. At the peak of maturity, heat the sweet spot, I'm so lucky! Happy New Year! (1723 views) | | | Tasted by Goodwine4ever on 7/21/2020 & rated 96 points: Dégustation a l'aveugle
Le nez est sublime et complexe
Cerise, petite touche de poivron avec un coté sous-bois en arrière plan. Clairement un bordeaux avec 20-25 ans sous la cravate.
Le tout est a point, en puissance et en finesse, acidité moyenne, tannins fins, longue finale et au combien délicieux !
Grand vin ce Cheval Blanc 97.
A boire maintenant ! (3557 views) | | | Tasted by Cailles on 12/16/2019: 30 Vintages of Cheval Blanc: All tasted blind. 1982 to 2015 (with 1949 in the mix). The wines are fragrant, perfumed, seductive and always soft and without weight. Best performing vintages: the rather hot/ripe vintages 2015, 2009 and 1982 (all complex, seductive, complete and with elevated concentration). Next best: the promising and pure 2010, the still sexy 1990 and the immortal 1949. Notable outperformer: 2011 with many other good off-vintages. Notable underperformer: 2005, 2000, 1998 which all showed rather muted and not yet ready.
TN: Corked. (5579 views) | | | Tasted by Collector1855 on 11/29/2019 flawed bottle: Chateau Cheval Blanc - 30 year vertical (1949-2015) tasted blind: Clearly corked (5891 views) | | | Tasted by gcarl on 12/27/2018 & rated 93 points: Contributed by a friend for our anniversary restaurant dinner. Very nice, but not as nice as the '95 Cheval Blanc consumed side by side for which I posted notes on 12/31/18. (4040 views) | | | Tasted by galewskj on 10/20/2018 & rated 92 points: Guys Night Out Again (Jason's House): For a Cheval Blanc, this was a bit disappointing, even considering the vintage. The nose is meaty and dense, while the palate is thin. There was definite bricking, and I don’t usually notice color. I was surprised that a 1997 Pichon Lalande was as good or better than this a few weeks ago. (3716 views) | | | Tasted by rocknroller on 10/17/2018 & rated 91 points: Guy's Night Out (Jason's, St. Paul, MN): Medium dark red color with a 1.5 cm bricked margin. Slow-O for 2.5 hours. The nose is better than the palate with graphite, soft dark fruits, spice and wood tones; thinner on the palate, cassis, wood, a bit shorter. Good for the vintage, but you always hope for more. (2453 views) | | | Tasted by Sleepy Dave on 1/16/2018: 12.5%
Incredible for the vintage. Open up very nicely within an hour, sensual, refined, sweet fruits intermixed with herbs, lovely length with finesse. (2447 views) | | | Tasted by mye on 9/8/2017: Dark red with bricking. Nose of mint, herbs, and some soy which I didn't like as much. Dried red fruit with leather. A hint of heat.
Fruit seems to be hanging in but on the decline. Lovely tertiary notes with good acidity and integrated tannins.
Would be great with some roasted chicken. (3229 views) | | | Tasted by Zazzaman on 2/7/2017 & rated 95 points: I decided to drink my one bottle with mates as I was worried it might be going over the top. I needn't have worried! Lovely mature Merlot dominated Bordeaux with excellent colour, herby even minty nose over ripe fruit, and long complex and evolving on the palate. Leather, tobacco, vanilla, nutmeg on ripe but not sweet fruit. Tannins soft but still with some grip. An old WoFW 18/20 (3237 views) | | | Tasted by Lord Rayas on 10/26/2015 & rated 87 points: Lunch with Jamie Birkmyre (The Pawn): funky aromas of dust and stewed fruits. prob past its prime. not my cup of tea. drink up. (5058 views) | | | Tasted by TheDane on 4/28/2015 & rated 90 points: Drank blind with my wineclub.
Very typical St Emilion nose - colour shows signs of age. ( overage??)
Nice fruit, but very low on tannis.
Definitely a wine to be enjoyed NOW!
The wine looks light brown colored. There is no sediment in the bottle. The body is light/medium. The wine has narrow texture. The wine finishes long. . (5235 views) | | | Tasted by dcwino on 4/22/2015 & rated 92 points: Cheval Blanc and D'Yquem dinner with Pierre Lurton and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): Medium/perfumed nose, medium fresh red fruits, raspberry and strawberry, lead pencil, mineral, flower, leather and earth. Medium concentration, mineral and medium finish. There is a hint of bitter note that clips the finish short. Really enjoyable Cheval Blanc nose. (5624 views) | | | Tasted by pixie87 on 7/26/2014 & rated 92 points: This is a jeaune fille, cloaked in red silk, medium to dark. She's conventionally attractive, pretty, nice to look at, but what's most beautiful is her optimism, the bounce and dance in her step. She's classy and elegant, yet vivacious - she's not weary of the world and jaded... at least not yet. (4876 views) | | | Tasted by RISM on 5/9/2014 & rated 91 points: Deep ruby turning to brick. Cedar, pine needles and forest floor bouquet with saddle leather and black fruit. The palate is more rounded than 3 years ago, no dustiness, tannins still present, but not as prevalent, and blackcurrant/cedar bouquet lasts through to the long, pleasurable finish. Drank after 2 hours decanting, this wine has improved over last three years, and is very attractive given the vintage. (4474 views) | | | Tasted by nstow on 8/12/2013 & rated 93 points: Red brown. Classic cedar with sweet berry fruit on nose. Lovely and still fresh on the palate. Not overly complex but well rounded and with a reasonably long finish. The best of the case so far, definitely improving with age despite the vintage. 4+/5 (93-95) (4601 views) | | | Tasted by JamesTye on 7/18/2013 & rated 93 points: From 750ml. Level IN. Served at the St Geran in Mauritius. No decant and tasted over 2 hours. Colour was an attractive brick red, dark core, leather edge. Absolutely classic aromatic Cheval nose, lots of chocolate, cedar, truffle, spicy compote, some toffee. Very exotic, impactful and enticing.
The palate seemed a little plain after the hugely impressive nose, but very good. An extremely elegant wine with fruit mixed with sandalwood, black fruits, leather and good balancing acidity. Medium to long finish but beautifully poised and rounded.
Although 1997 is often pegged as an early developer this bottle begs to differ. I have drunk this wine 5 or 6 times over the last 10 years and this was its best showing yet. The nose continues to be stunning and aromatic but the wine is just so elegant now. The palate is rounded and there is still plenty of fruit and a chewy finish. The lifegiving tannin is there, but now firmly in the background.
As I reach the last part of my case it seems that this Cheval has hit its stride. It also seems Broadbent was right (again) that this a far better 1997 than others managed. It just took 15+ years to come around. (4228 views) | | | Tasted by nstow on 1/17/2012 & rated 90 points: Not decanted. Still quite a deep red with browning rim. Elegant and soft with warm berry fruits and leather, A lightness reflecting the vintage. Good balance with some bitterness on finish. Excellent, this wine has improved over the last five or six years and while before I was drinking it up I now regret I only have three bottles left. 4/5 (90-94) (5907 views) | | | Tasted by Xtriguy on 3/14/2011 & rated 91 points: Dark in color. Nose with hints of mint and truffle. Still some defined tannins. Black currant, blueberry dominated the palate for me. Somewhat shorter finish than I would have preferred. (5730 views) | | | Tasted by marcohurt on 2/1/2011 & rated 91 points: Great potential. Still young (5588 views) | | | Tasted by RISM on 8/12/2010 & rated 90 points: Red turning to Brick colored. Black currant (cassis) bouquet with hints of Pine, and slightly Dusty. Palate of Black currant, creme de cassis and truffles. Tannins still present, not entirely integrated, but not overwhelming. Full bodied and silky texture. Medium-length finish. For the vintage. a class act, thanks largely to the merlot predominance, I would say. Great accompaniment to steak/red meat. Drink over next 2 - 3 years. (4970 views) | | | Tasted by hemanwine on 4/15/2010 & rated 91 points: A good bordeaux from a not so good vintage. This was made backwards as far as Cheval Blanc goes. The cab franc was the secondary grape (30%) and the merlot (70%) was the dominant grape. Barnyard nose with complex fruit on the palate. (4968 views) | | | Tasted by PGB on 3/8/2010: Such a range of scores - maybe a lot of bottle variation here. Drank this wine four years ago and absolutely hated it. Open two bottles in the last three months and it has been fabulous both times. It is fully integrated and a perfect combination of vanilla, cream and silk with a long finish. Not a big wine, but a perfect example of the balance that California often aspires to but doesn't achieve. If you have it in your cellar then drink some of it now! (4679 views) | | | Tasted by jjclips2 on 9/14/2009 & rated 87 points: A poor vintage definitely shows in this bottling. Aromatics are mature with earth, asian spice, and dried out fruit. The palate is light-medium bodied at most, high acid, and out of balance tannins. The main fruit is dried cherry. Mostly secondary spice, earth tones, truffle, and herbs. While not a poor wine, nor necessarily a disappointment, have had better wines from this Chateau, (obviously), as well as this vintage. (4709 views) | | | Tasted by loverboy on 4/26/2008 & rated 92 points: Nice ruby red color. Nice right bank nose. Medium in mouth, very smooth and easily enjoyable wine. Ready to drink. (5264 views) | | | Only displaying the 25 most recent notes - click to see all notes for this wine... |
| Château Cheval Blanc Producer website - Read more about Chateau Cheval Blanc
Their second wine is Le Petit Cheval.
The vineyard on weinlagen-infoRed Bordeaux BlendRed Bordeaux is generally made from a blend of grapes. Permitted grapes are Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot, Malbec and rarely Carménère.Today Carménère is rarely used, with Château Clerc Milon, a fifth growth Bordeaux, being one of the few to still retain Carménère vines. As of July 2019, Bordeaux wineries authorized the use of four new red grapes to combat temperature increases in Bordeaux. These newly approved grapes are Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Castets, and Arinarnoa.
Wineries all over the world aspire to making wines in a Bordeaux style. In 1988, a group of American vintners formed The Meritage Association to identify wines made in this way. Although most Meritage wines come from California, there are members of the Meritage Association in 18 states and five other countries, including Argentina, Australia, Canada, Israel, and Mexico.France Vins de France (Office National Interprofessionnel des Vins ) | Pages Vins, Directory of French Winegrowers | French Wine (Wikipedia)
Wine Scholar Guild vintage ratings
2018 vintage: "marked by a wet spring, a superb summer and a good harvest"
2019 vintage reports
2021: "From a general standpoint, whether for white, rosé or red wines, 2021 is a year marked by quality in the Rhône Valley Vineyards. Structured, elegant, fresh and fruity will be the main keywords for this new vintage."
2022 harvest: idealwine.info | wine-searcher.comBordeaux Bordeaux Wine Guide
Vins Bordeaux (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux)
History of Bordeaux
History of 1855 Bordeaux Classification
"2009 is all about ripeness, with wines impressively packed with ripe fruit and high alcohol levels. They are showy, in-your-face, and full of pleasure. The 2010s have the fruit and alcohol levels of the 2009s, but with a compelling freshness on the finish that balances the fruit and provides a perfect sense of structure." - Ben Nelson
"2016 is a landmark vintage in certain spots of Bordeaux and it should be remembered as one of the most inspired campaigns of the last 40-50+ years." -Jon Rimmerman
"The quality of red Bordeaux in 2016 was universally lauded – although the response to the en primeur campaign was muted. Quantity was high too, with the equivalent of 770 million bottles of wine produced. An exceptionally dry summer with cool nights eventually, thanks to mid September rain, resulted in small, thick-skinned, ripe grapes, and the wines are marked by high tannin and acidity, with superb aromatic fragrance." - Jancis Robinson
"2017 was complicated, but there are some excellent wines. Expect plenty of freshness and drinkability from wines that will offer excellent value, and others that will rival 2016 in terms of ripeness and ageability. But they are likely to be the exception not the rule, making careful selection key." - Jane Anson
"In the past, a vintage such as 2022 may have been overripe, raisined and low in acidity but 2022 had a sneaky little reservoir in its back pocket - a near perfect marriage of cool/cold/rain the previous winter and the previous vintage that literally soaked the soils (a key to why 2022 is not 2003...or 1893)." - Jon RimmermanLibournais Libournais (Conseil Interprofessionnel du Vin de Bordeaux) - Read more about St. Emilion and its wines - Read more about Pomerol and its wines
Saint Emilion Grat Classified Growth, Classified Growths, Grands Crus Classes, GCC
In 1954, while the "Graves" growths had just published their own classification, the wine syndicate of Saint-Emilion, composed by wine growers, brokers and wine traders with the approval of the INAO - Institut National des Appellations d'Origine (A.O.C), decided to work on a classification for the wines of Saint Emilion. Initially, four grades were defined. These were reduced to two - First Great Classified Growth (A and B) and Great Classified Growth - in 1984.
As of Medoc's 1855 historical grading, the Saint-Emilion Great Classified Growth classification is not only based on qualitative criteria by tasting the wines on a ten years period previous to the assessment, but also on commercial considerations such as:
- sales price levels
- national and international commercial distribution
- the estate's reputation on the market
Properties who don't manage to join the club of about sixty Classified Growths are given the denomination of Great Growth ("Grand Cru"), while the remaining wineries of the A.O.C are simply reported as "Saint-Emilion". It is to be noted that the owners must officially apply to appear in the official classification. Thus for example the famous Chateau Tertre-Roteboeuf, whose quality and reputation would easily justify to be listed among the First Great Classified Growths, does not appear here by the will of its owner, François Mitjaville.
The Saint-Emilion Great Growth classification was revised in 1969, 1985, 1996 and 2006. The only two guaranteed vintage (A.O.C) who can apply to the classification are the "Saint-Emilion Grand Cru" and "Saint-Emilion" areas.
By grading 61 properties, the 2006 revision confirmed many growths from the former classification, but also caused a number of surprises and a few inevitable disappointments. Many observers thought that the impressive progression of Perse's Chateau Pavie since 1998 would be rewarded by an upgrade into the First Great Classified Growths (A) category, but finally such was not the case.
Among the estates promoted to the First Great Classified Growths B category are Chateau Troplong-Mondot and Pavie-Macquin, whose efforts made since the Nineties fully justify their new grade. It should be noted that no First Great Classified Growth was relegated to the lower Great Classified Growth class.
Promoted growths from the status of Great Growth ("Grand Cru") to Great Classified Growth ("Grand Cru Classe") are: Chateaux Bellefont-Belcier, Destieux, Fleur Cardinale, Grand Corbin, Grand Corbin-Despagne and Monbousquet.
The demoted growths from the status of Great Classified Growth to Great Growth are: Chateaux Bellevue, Cadet Bon, Faurie de Souchard, Guadet Saint-Julien, La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Belivier), La Tour du Pin-Figeac (Moueix), Lamarzelle, Petite Faurie de Soutard, Tertre Daugay, Villemaurine and Yon-Figeac. If the recent samples of some of the above mentioned properties may justify their current downgrade, there are great chances that estates like Bellevue, Tertre Daugay or Yon-Figeac will be upgraded to their previous rankings by the next revision in 2016 as the progresses noted after 2000, but not entering in the range of vintages (1993 - 2002) appointed for the criteria of selection for the 2006 classification, are noticable.
The two following estates have completely disappeared from the Saint-Emilion Grand Cru Classification: Curé-Bon-la-Madeleine (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Canon) and La Clusière (integrated meanwhile to Chateau Pavie).
Finally, no estate considered as "garagiste" has integrated the classification. Valandraud, Mondotte, Le Dome, Bellevue-Mondotte or Magrez-Fombrauge have, for the least, the potential to be ranked as Great Classified Growths. In sight of the very fine quality reached by the above mentioned estates in recent vintages as well as all the innovative wine making methods used by the "garagistes", it remains to be seen whether the authorities will dare to cross the line in 2016..?St. Émilion Grand Cru Les Vins de St. Émilion (Syndicate Vitocole de Saint-Emilion) – Read about St. Emilion
Vins de Bordeaux:
Grape Varieties: Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot
Soil: Sandy soils with alluvial gravel deposits
Surface Area: 4,160 ha |
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