Community Tasting Notes 22

• DrELW Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 27, 2024 - This is a clear light yellow colored wine. It has a floral nose. There's a complex mix of elderflower, green apple, lemon/lime, gunflint, and coconut on the harmonious palate. The structure is consistent and the consistency is silky. This is a medium bodied wine with balanced acidity. The finish is very clean. This is a good example of a textbook varietal Bordeaux - one of the best Bordeaux Blanc's indeed.

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• BottleScholar Likes this wine: 94 points

  March 26, 2024 - Key lime, toast, orange creamsicle, freshly-sanded cedar, vanilla, baking spice, pineapple, passionfruit, guava, bread dough, and just a hint of mostly-dried lawn clippings. High acid yet rounded creamy texture. Oak is clearly present, but not overpowering. High complexity. Long finish. Outstanding. Delicious. Tasted next to Mount Mary Triolet 2018 (also high-quality), and the Chevalier shined especially bright. Recently tasted the 2012 Chevalier, which barely showed signs of aging. The 2020 will probably continue to improve, gaining complexity through 2037, and likely well beyond.

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• vvWine.ch wrote: 96 points

  March 1, 2024 - (70% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Sémillon, 13.5% Alkohol) Mittleres Goldgelb. Tiefgründige und komplex, reife Zitrusfrüchte, Honig, weisse Blüten, Ananas und Mango. Im Auftakt frisch, sehr cremige Textur, ungemein frisch und mit sensationeller Struktur, schon jetzt ein Gedicht, jedoch mit grossen Reserven. Ein saftiger, dichter Wein, der zum besten gehört, was in diesem Jahr an Weisswesin produziert worden ist. bis 2034+ (Januar 2024)

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• Brendel Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 16, 2024 - This is a beautiful rich and floral white wine, full bodied—a kind of wonderful version of NZ Sauvignon Blanc except with better balance, structure and interest. It’s not quite as good as Smith-Haute Lafite’s white from the same region, but it’s very good.

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• La Ronde Likes this wine: 94 points

  February 8, 2024 - I know this wine. It’s kind of wound up but still very complex. Let it air out, don’t drink it too cold unless you’re having oysters and if you have some, hold ‘em. Will drink second bottle in 5 years.

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Pro Reviews 15

Wine Definition

• Vintage 2020
• Type White
• Producer Domaine de Chevalier
• Varietal Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc Blend
• Designation Blanc
• Vineyard n/a
• Country France
• Region Bordeaux
• SubRegion Graves
• Appellation Pessac-Léognan
• UPC Codes 3760115299566, 3760290642980, 3770001573014

Community Holdings

• Pending Delivery 247 (19%)
• In Cellars 986 (77%)
• Consumed 40 (3%)

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