2005 Château Cheval Blanc
Community Tasting Note
dcwino wrote:
Wednesday, April 22, 2015 - Cheval Blanc and D'Yquem dinner with Pierre Lurton and Bernard Burtschy (Taberna del Alabardero, Washington D.C.): This is actually bigger than the 00 which is incredible. It is hard to believe that this is a ten year old wine. Still completely opaque and almost like a barrel sample. Just perfectly ripe Cab Franc nose, jammy black fruits, crèmes de cassis, exotic incense, ink, lavender, chocolate, mocha and limestone. Unbelievably concentrated, unctuous, intense black fruit driven palate impression, strong presence of mineral, bright acidity, sweet tannins and very long finish. For my palate, stylistically very similar to the 90 and the 00 but even bigger. This will be a 100 year wine. Monumental but extremely primary. It will definitely be a 100 point wine in twenty years.
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Comment posted by rlove:
9/11/2015 2:55:00 PM - "This is actually bigger than the 05 which is incredible."
Are you not reviewing the 2005 here? Or do you mean 00 not 05 above?
Comment posted by dcwino:
9/14/2015 10:53:00 AM - Corrected. Perhaps the biggest Cheval Blanc ever.
Comment posted by rlove:
9/14/2015 11:29:00 AM - Thank you. Cheers!