• Harley1199 Likes this wine: 96 points

    February 22, 2024 - By the glass. With thirty years on, time to beat those on the right bank from a tremendously uneven vintage. All bottles open six hours before tasting. WOTN. Clearly and mercilessly. On the nose are traces of fruit in the form of sweet dried prunes and milk chocolate. Precision and finesse. Initially the palate repeats that taste for chocolate but immediately highlights run for that velvety texture and that dusty doctrine of the Cabernet Franc. Protestant firmness bottled. Precise. As on so many other occasions, an experience in itself. Totally recommended.

    Por copas. Con treinta años encima, hora de dar una batida a los de la margen derecha en una añada tremendamente desigual. Todas las botellas abiertas seis horas antes de la cata. Vino de la tarde. Claramente y sin piedad. En nariz quedan rastros de fruta en forma de dulces ciruelas pasas y de chocolate con leche. Precisión y finura. Inicialmente al paladar repite ese gusto por el chocolate pero en seguida sobresale la textura aterciopelada y la doctrina polvorienta de la Cabernet Franc. Firmeza protestante embotellada. Precisa. Como en tantas otras ocasiones, una experiencia en sí misma. Totalmente recomendable.

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  • Dionysos55 Likes this wine: 92 points

    December 31, 2023 - Robe bien évoluée.Le nez est bien intense et très complexe surtout: des fruits rouges (cerise,groseille),mine de crayon,pruneau,café,pruneau.La bouche déçoit: c'est fluet pour ce premier cru,cela manque de matière,c'est agréable sans plus.Longueur moyenne.96 pour le nez 88 pour la bouche d'où le score.A boire sans tarder,n'ira pas plus haut !!!

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  • Romz Likes this wine: 92 points

    March 23, 2023 - 23032023 - impromptu session with the usual Vino heads (Mika, Jyo, LF) here in MYS.

    A beauty sourced all the way from HK by bro LF.

    Roasted bell peppers, algamation of stewed berries & cassis, finely tuned notes of forest floor, graphite, pencil shavings & rooibos tea. Tremendous evolvement throughout - revealing every layers & tenor it has.

    Fine tannins with plenty of finesse & velvety long finish. Drink up now!

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  • platpeeps Likes this wine: 89 points

    February 8, 2022 - Savoury and fresh with pleasing structure and balance, but the final product was underwhelming with an acidic bite and rather bitter finish. With an impeccable reputation to live up to I found this to be a disappointment. 89 pts

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  • VindependenceDay Likes this wine: 91 points

    May 7, 2021 - Upon initial pour, nose was completely closed. Mouth was thin and sour. After two hours of decanting, it has opened up. Nose is a bit green and stemmy. Forest floor, raspberry. A strong mineral taste which I like. In the mouth is smooth, if a bit thin.

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  • Eriklainen wrote:

    March 11, 2020 - At Operakällaren. Nose is fantastic. Deep black fruit, fresh tobacco, a hint of violets. Suave tannins and quite long. Lovely. If anything the cabernet franc character wasn't as evident as I was hoping for but it behaved very much like a st emilion.

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  • Cailles wrote: 92 points

    December 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: Not much to say about this wine as I didn’t fully dive into it at the end of a long tasting. Good concentration with dark red fruit, coffee, and minerality. Not much depth but pleasant to drink. 92/93 point experience.

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  • Collector1855 wrote: 96 points

    November 29, 2019 - Chateau Cheval Blanc - 30 year vertical (1949-2015) tasted blind: Nose of forest floor with barnyard dominating. Medium bodied with good structure, denser than the 1993 next to it. Long, aromatic finish here as well. Mature. A strong showing from this difficult vintage.

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  • Cailles wrote: flawed

    September 29, 2019 - Badly corked but underneath this showed promising (especially for such a subpar vintage).

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  • Andre Brattland wrote: 92 points

    July 7, 2019 - Intense with lightly dried fruit, ripe blackcurrant, mushrooms and distinctive aromas of wet pencil that seduces.

    Medium-bodied wine with a good sense of fruity blackberry, black currant, ripe tobacco and licorice. Good accidity that helps the wine to feel fresh. The wine lacks depth and a little focus, but may well represent some of the best in the difficult vintage. A little drying finish pulls down. Good wine and very well made for the vintage, but no great experience. Drink up. 92 points.

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