Community Tasting Note
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Keith Levenberg Likes this wine: 95 points
August 22, 2017 - Very successful vintage for Domaine de Chevalier. This is much more accessible and well put together than the 2012, for example. It's silky and finessed from the very first sip, and has a whole lot going on, running the spectrum from Graves-typical smoldering charcoal aromas to a stony minerality and botanical flavors that are almost Barolo-like. Deep and black-fruited while still having sharp focus. The structure flexes its muscle with time in the glass, eventually showing some fierce screeching tannin that wasn't even hinted at in that soft, supple first glass.
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2 Comments
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BigTex22 commented:
8/22/17, 4:09 PM - Thanks for the write up Keith. Do you think the 2014s are earlier drinkers?
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Keith Levenberg commented:
8/22/17, 5:06 PM - Most of them are pretty fun to drink now, but they'll age just fine. Big fan of the vintage. Bordeaux is a value again for the first time in a decade.