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2001 Château Cheval Blanc

Red Bordeaux Blend

  • France
  • Bordeaux
  • Libournais
  • St. Émilion Grand Cru
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  • Ms. Bubblehead Likes this wine: 93 points

    April 16, 2024 - Tasted alongside the evangile. More classic Bordeaux with full but round characteristics - smooth finish.

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  • Burgnick Likes this wine: 93 points

    April 16, 2024 - Classic Cheval Blanc that was round and plush with good layers and substantial palate. Very good for what it is but expected. 93+

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  • steinersing wrote: 96 points

    March 27, 2024 - Wonderful now, a lot going on. An excellent 2001.

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  • Jeff Leve wrote: 97 points

    February 4, 2024 - Continuing to improve, here, you find everything great about Cheval Blanc. Silky, sensuous, and complex, the wine kicks off with its display of flowers, cherries, mint, and blue fruit. The palate is opulent, lifted, and elegant, finishing with layers of polished, velvety fruits. There is no better deal for a Cheval Blanc with age in the market today. Drink from 2024-2050.

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  • Juliansi Likes this wine: 92 points

    November 30, 2023 - My second Cheval Blanc 2001.. in a span of six months. I have such generous friends, thanks for sharing this on your birthday brother LF. He had bottle breathed this for 3 hours prior to our Maillard Grill dinner.

    2001 was a rather dry, but not excessively warm year. The wine is complete, fresh, complex, and fruity, with a beautiful tannic texture. 68% Merlot, 32% Cab Franc.

    In this vintage, rigorous sorting resulted in only 55% of the crop going into the Grand Vin, 2001 Cheval Blanc. Grapes had a very good balance between sugar and acid. The Merlot grapes were quite small.

    A major effort was made with green pruning in 2001: suckering, bud pruning, leaf thinning, and green harvesting. These operations contributed to similar yields from one plot to another and an even distribution of bunches.

    Aged in 100% new oak barrels. 77,000 regular sized bottles produced.

    Nose screams Bordeaux, with a bouquet of black raspberry, with pencil lead too.

    The vibrant and full nose, with garnet appearance and that deep dark core, made me guess Right Bank but never one which is over 20 years old. When unveiled that it was a first growth, and that it was a 2001... it truly impressed! So youthful.

    Plums, red berries, and some bitter chocolate with such a full mouthfeel, and balanced acidity on the palate. As it develops, more herbs and some greenness (Cab Franc?) show themselves too.

    Beautiful medium-long length finish too, this still has life ahead of it, but is in a fantastic place now. Freshness, exuberance with enjoyable fruit, and such complexity.. a wonderful Cheval Blanc.

    Silky textures, and beautiful balance. This is what a Cheval Blanc is all about!

    Welcoming... Bourdecembre,
    Celebrating Bro Li Fong's birthday
    30th November 2023
    Maillard Grill

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  • By Neal Martin
    Looking Backward/Looking Forward: 2000 vs 2001 Bordeaux (Sep 2021), 9/1/2021 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    Right Bank Showdown, 8/26/2010

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    1/26/2010 (link)

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    11/3/2009 (link)

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The World of Fine Wine

  • June 2008, Issue #20 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    1/17/2008 (link)

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Vintage Tastings

  • By John Kapon
    Bipin Cheval Weekend, 12/7/2007

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Winedoctor

  • By Chris Kissack
    April 2006 (link)

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Vinous

  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 2004, IWC Issue #114 (link)

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    May/June 2003, IWC Issue #108 (link)

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    May/June 2002, IWC Issue #102 (link)

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  • By Jancis Robinson, MW
    4/22/2002 (link)

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  • By Richard Jennings
    9/28/2007 (link) 92 points

    (Château Cheval Blanc) Bright dark red violet color; tobacco, tart red fruit nose; concentrated, structured, tart red fruit, with minerality, elegant; long finish 92+ pts.

  • By Richard Jennings
    1/28/2005 (link) 93 points

    (Château Cheval Blanc) Lavender nose; gorgeous, but tight, cassis, plum, mineral palate with elegance, grip; medium-plus finish 93+ pts.

  • By Richard Jennings
    9/3/2004 (link) 93 points

    (Château Cheval Blanc) Lovely berry nose; light-medium bodied, tasty ripe plum and black fruit palate; long finish

Wine Definition

  • Vintage 2001
  • Type Red
  • Producer Château Cheval Blanc
  • Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
  • Designation n/a
  • Vineyard n/a
  • Country France
  • Region Bordeaux
  • SubRegion Libournais
  • Appellation St. Émilion Grand Cru
  • UPC Code 081753800062

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  • Pending Delivery 46 (2%)
  • In Cellars 1,743 (66%)
  • Consumed 834 (32%)

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