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Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2021

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Left Bank > Pessac-Léognan
ColourWhite
TypeStill
Grape VarietySauvignon Blanc/Semillon

One of the truly great names of dry white Bordeaux. Chevalier Blanc has a loyal following and is a wine with an amazing ability to age despite being attractive in its youth. The 7 hectares of vines are planted with 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Sémillon. Recently the wine has been bottled under DIAM to remove the risk of cork taint and aid stable maturation in bottle.

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Tasting Notes

The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc is shaping up brilliantly, bursting with aromas of citrus oil, gooseberries, crisp stone fruit, white flowers and pastry cream. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, it's a concentrated, textural wine that displays terrific cut and tension, allying racy acidity with chalky, structuring dry extract.

94/96
William Kelley, Wine Advocate (260), April 2022

The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc is a blend of 70% Sauvignon and 30% Sémillon that matured for 18 months in barrels, of which 35% were new. Delivering a deep, complex bouquet that features aromas of spices, white pepper, elderflower, citrus oil and wet stones, it's full-bodied, round and generous, with a satiny attack that segues into a fleshy, vibrant palate, concluding with a pure and precise finish. Drink 2023-2040.

94+
Yohan Castaing, RobertParker.com, February 2024

Very pale lemon colour with a green tinge. The nose is zesty, cool and fresh, showing white flowers, struck flint, a touch of savoury lees, citrus and wet stone. The palate is very tightly wound for now. Cool, tense and driven by its acidity, green and citrus fruits slowly unfurl from the glass with air. This is very serious and fine, but subtle for now. It needs coaxing from the glass but that only serves to confirm the potential here. Most intense at the finish, this is another strong showing for Domaine de Chevalier Blanc.

94/96
Thomas Parker MW, Farr Vintners, May 2022

This is always an impressive white, with a lengthy, layered and compact palate. Lots of dried lemon, clove, fennel, green-apple and cedar. Flint and toast, too. Medium to full body. Very long. 70% sauvignon blanc and 30% semillon.

98/99
James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com, May 2022

A blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon, the 2021 Domaine de Chevalier blanc bursts from the glass with vivacious notes of fresh lemons, yuzu zest, and lime leaves, plus hints of green apples, dill seed, and sea spray. Medium-bodied, the palate is tightly wound with loads of mineral and citrus layers, delivering amazing tension, finishing very long and minerally.
2026-2038

94/96+
Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent, May 2022

Impactful from the first moment, reinforcing the success they have had in both colours in the vintage. So much flavour and texture, with lemongrass, gunsmoke, orange peel, pineapple, mango, slate, apricot pit, offering grip and length. Tasted several times and it always delivered juice, control and excitement. One of the wines of the vintage.

95
Jane Anson, JaneAnson.com, April 2022

75% Sauvignon Blanc, 25% Sémillon. Cask sample.
Restrained, as it always is, on the nose. Though on the palate there’s a certain blossomy opulence. And impressive persistence. Based on how this wine tastes and the track record of the château, this should be a real long-distance runner… Minerals and citrus and a light lanolin character with great undertow and interest. But still pretty youthful and unformed.
Drink 2025 – 2045

17+
James Lawther MW, JancisRobinson.com, May 2022
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