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: I did not spend too much time with this wine (as I kept crawling back to the 1982 and 1990 served beforehand). This is very pleasant, fresh and soft with lots of pure red fruit at the core and a surprisingly lots of pine tree/fir on the nose. This wine is clearly on the leaner side but still a fun to drink and slightly edging out he 86/88/89.
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Chateau Cheval Blanc - 30 year vertical (1949-2015) tasted blind: Ripe nose of fruit compote, cherry, Roses, lovely. Polished palate, light and fruity. Reminds me a bit of a mature Sangiovese from Poggio di Sotto. Solid, the best of the modest 86/87/88 trio, which was a bit modest compared to the strong 82/85/90 showing on the next flight.
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Bordal chez RPB (Margaux, Cheval Blanc, Lafite...) (Vessy): Un des 2 nez les plus ouverts immédiatement. La couleur la plus légère de la série. Arômes floraux et de menthol. En bouche, il s'agit d'un vin mûr, à boire, qui donne beaucoup de plaisir avec passablement de complexité. La finale est un peu courte mais, le vin est très réussi compte tenu du millésime. J'ai reconnu saint-émilion mais j'ai pensé Figeac.
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Fully mature on its decline. Still showing some fruit on the nose with some sweet, oaky nuances. Thin on the palate with mostly cedar showing up. Definitely drink up.
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12/16/2019 - Cailles wrote: 94 Points
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: I did not spend too much time with this wine (as I kept crawling back to the 1982 and 1990 served beforehand). This is very pleasant, fresh and soft with lots of pure red fruit at the core and a surprisingly lots of pine tree/fir on the nose. This wine is clearly on the leaner side but still a fun to drink and slightly edging out he 86/88/89.
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11/29/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: 95 Points
Chateau Cheval Blanc - 30 year vertical (1949-2015) tasted blind: Ripe nose of fruit compote, cherry, Roses, lovely. Polished palate, light and fruity. Reminds me a bit of a mature Sangiovese from Poggio di Sotto. Solid, the best of the modest 86/87/88 trio, which was a bit modest compared to the strong 82/85/90 showing on the next flight.
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4/17/2015 - Ericsson wrote: 91 Points
Bordal chez RPB (Margaux, Cheval Blanc, Lafite...) (Vessy): Un des 2 nez les plus ouverts immédiatement. La couleur la plus légère de la série. Arômes floraux et de menthol. En bouche, il s'agit d'un vin mûr, à boire, qui donne beaucoup de plaisir avec passablement de complexité. La finale est un peu courte mais, le vin est très réussi compte tenu du millésime.
J'ai reconnu saint-émilion mais j'ai pensé Figeac.
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11/4/2012 - CabIsKing wrote: 88 Points
Fully mature on its decline. Still showing some fruit on the nose with some sweet, oaky nuances. Thin on the palate with mostly cedar showing up. Definitely drink up.
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