Domaine de Chevalier 2023

JAMES SUCKLING: "Plenty of blackberry, blackcurrant, chocolate and flint aromas that follow through to a full body, yet it’s in check and focused with a beautiful framing of fine tannins. The purity of ripe fruit is impressive with cabernet really showing through. 63% cabernet sauvignon, 30% merlot, 5% petit verdot and 2% cabernet franc."

THE WINE ADVOCATE: "The 2023 Domaine de Chevalier reveals a perfumed, incipiently complex bouquet of dark wild berries, cassis, rose petals, spices and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, concentrated and rich, with a fleshy core of fruit framed by powdery tannins and bright acids, it concludes with a long, saline, gently oak-inflected finish. This blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc is maturing in 40% new barrels."

FALSTAFF: "Dunkles Rubingranat, opaker Kern, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. Feine Edelholzwürze, etwas Nelken, Lakritze, dunkle Beerenfrucht, etwas Kirschen, kandierte Orangenzesten. Mittlerer Körper, rotbeerige Frucht, würzig, saftig, reife Tannine, mineralisch und frisch, feine Adstringenz im Nachhall, lebendig wirkend, braucht noch seine Zeit."