This was really tight to begin with and benefitted greatly from a 3+ hour decant. Then it began to show classic Cheval dirt with notes of blackberry liquor, truffles and smoked earth. Still youthful and possessing a lot of great material for the vintage, it nevertheless is a more structured version of this great terroir. There is a beautiful layered texture and perfect balance with a refined finish sporting notes of dark spices and dark chocolate. Very fine with upside. 94+
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Plush and wet. red fruit, bright with tones of chocolate and damp spice. Velvety texture but not a ton of depth. The merlot denominated but can franc adds some textured depth.
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8/17/2023 - dream Likes this wine: 94 Points
This was really tight to begin with and benefitted greatly from a 3+ hour decant. Then it began to show classic Cheval dirt with notes of blackberry liquor, truffles and smoked earth. Still youthful and possessing a lot of great material for the vintage, it nevertheless is a more structured version of this great terroir. There is a beautiful layered texture and perfect balance with a refined finish sporting notes of dark spices and dark chocolate. Very fine with upside. 94+
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7/18/2023 - dream wrote: flawed
Corked
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4/24/2023 - mchern02 wrote: 92 Points
2 hour decant
Plush and wet. red fruit, bright with tones of chocolate and damp spice. Velvety texture but not a ton of depth. The merlot denominated but can franc adds some textured depth.
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4/11/2023 - burlingtonm Likes this wine: 91 Points
Vertical from 1966 to 2014 at Wine Watch: this was quite evolved and while not one of the better wines, this had some charm and decent fruit.
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2/2/2023 - fcxj wrote: 92 Points
Velvet, plush black fruit.
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