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Vertical tasting of Domaine de Chevalier (Rouge)
Institute of Directors, London
Tasted May 27, 2008 by Rupert with 1,516 views
Introduction
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.
Flight 1 (12 notes)
Red
2005 Domaine de Chevalier
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
Red
2001 Domaine de Chevalier
89 points
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
Red
2000 Domaine de Chevalier
Evasive on the nose, sharp cedar fruit on the palate, muscular - lacking charm today, but there's plenty of substance there for the future
Red
1998 Domaine de Chevalier
88 points
Cold tea nose, berried fruit and, like the preceding wines, showing cedar, tobacco and high acidity - more pinched than the 2001
Red
1970 Domaine de Chevalier
89 points
Browning, brown sugar sweetness on the palate, still some grip - very attractive
Red
1964 Domaine de Chevalier
91 points
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
Red
1978 Domaine de Chevalier
91 points
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
Red
1961 Domaine de Chevalier
91 points
A dark healthy colour, a huge, penetrating iodine nose, on the palate, vigorous, very fresh - the tannins still grippy - a wild, but enticing wine
Red
1989 Domaine de Chevalier
93 points
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
Red
1983 Domaine de Chevalier
91 points
Iodine again (like the '61), lovely richness on the palate, fresh and lively
Red
1937 Domaine de Chevalier
91 points
Cloudy, but the palate was beautiful, fresh, sweet, citrus tones, mellow
Red
1949 Domaine de Chevalier
91 points
Deep red brown, youthful looking, vigorous medicinal nose, rich, ripe, and still very tannic