What a marvellous bottle to end the year 2022! It is all about refinement and subtlety to build the great style and character of the wine. What a memorable experience! Starting from the beautiful colour, translucent like a piece of ruby jewellery, superb sweet mineral nose, a little spearmint and the palate equals the pleasure, tons of sweet mineral fruits, an exceptional package, never expect that from the vintage 1997. At the peak of maturity, heat the sweet spot, I'm so lucky! Happy New Year!
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Dégustation a l'aveugle Le nez est sublime et complexe Cerise, petite touche de poivron avec un coté sous-bois en arrière plan. Clairement un bordeaux avec 20-25 ans sous la cravate. Le tout est a point, en puissance et en finesse, acidité moyenne, tannins fins, longue finale et au combien délicieux ! Grand vin ce Cheval Blanc 97. A boire maintenant !
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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: Corked.
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Contributed by a friend for our anniversary restaurant dinner. Very nice, but not as nice as the '95 Cheval Blanc consumed side by side for which I posted notes on 12/31/18.
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12/31/2022 - Tao wrote: 96 Points
What a marvellous bottle to end the year 2022! It is all about refinement and subtlety to build the great style and character of the wine. What a memorable experience! Starting from the beautiful colour, translucent like a piece of ruby jewellery, superb sweet mineral nose, a little spearmint and the palate equals the pleasure, tons of sweet mineral fruits, an exceptional package, never expect that from the vintage 1997. At the peak of maturity, heat the sweet spot, I'm so lucky! Happy New Year!
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7/21/2020 - Goodwine4ever wrote: 96 Points
Dégustation a l'aveugle
Le nez est sublime et complexe
Cerise, petite touche de poivron avec un coté sous-bois en arrière plan. Clairement un bordeaux avec 20-25 ans sous la cravate.
Le tout est a point, en puissance et en finesse, acidité moyenne, tannins fins, longue finale et au combien délicieux !
Grand vin ce Cheval Blanc 97.
A boire maintenant !
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12/16/2019 - Cailles wrote:
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: Corked.
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11/29/2019 - Collector1855 wrote: flawed
Chateau Cheval Blanc - 30 year vertical (1949-2015) tasted blind: Clearly corked
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12/27/2018 - gcarl wrote: 93 Points
Contributed by a friend for our anniversary restaurant dinner. Very nice, but not as nice as the '95 Cheval Blanc consumed side by side for which I posted notes on 12/31/18.
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