Institute of Directors, London
Tasted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 by Rupert with 1,514 views
This tasting really brought out the character of the wine - pretty much every vintage showed a leafy nose, earthy tobacco fruit and high levels of tannin and acidity. The wines were very classic and I liked them very much.
2005 Domaine de Chevalier
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Markedly less exuberant than the other 2005s I've had, this had plummy fruit, was salty and very sharp - little sign of new oak, which perhaps is why I found it tougher than other 2005s
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2001 Domaine de Chevalier 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Direct, mouthwatering cedar nose, leather and funk, confirmed on palate with lots of tobacco and earth - high acid, but overall this is a high class and characteristic graves
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2000 Domaine de Chevalier
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Evasive on the nose, sharp cedar fruit on the palate, muscular - lacking charm today, but there's plenty of substance there for the future
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1998 Domaine de Chevalier 88 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Cold tea nose, berried fruit and, like the preceding wines, showing cedar, tobacco and high acidity - more pinched than the 2001
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1970 Domaine de Chevalier 89 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Browning, brown sugar sweetness on the palate, still some grip - very attractive
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1964 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Some suggestion of TCA at first, but this blew off, and by the end of the evening had blossomed with a lovely sweet tobacco fragrance, fresh, balanced and long
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1978 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Intensely leafy nose, then a bit of a hollow, but then there was this long, lingering, layered finish, dry and tannic and on and on it went - fascinating
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1961 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
A dark healthy colour, a huge, penetrating iodine nose, on the palate, vigorous, very fresh - the tannins still grippy - a wild, but enticing wine
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1989 Domaine de Chevalier 93 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Stood out from the other vintages for being ripe and sweet, so charming, complex, sweet, fat - the only wine tonight not to have sharp and rough edges
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1983 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Iodine again (like the '61), lovely richness on the palate, fresh and lively
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1937 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Cloudy, but the palate was beautiful, fresh, sweet, citrus tones, mellow
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1949 Domaine de Chevalier 91 Points
France, Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan
Deep red brown, youthful looking, vigorous medicinal nose, rich, ripe, and still very tannic
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