2024 Domaine de Chevalier
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Tasting Notes
The Domaine de Chevalier sacrificed organic farming to preserve their crop in 2024, and managed to harvest 48hl/ha. The result is impressive, with a typically Cabernet nose of blackcurrant leaf, graphite and dark fruit. The palate offers driving purity, with crystalline blackcurrant and bright acidity that balances the wine. Long, seamless and very fine. 12.45% and 3.62pH. Blend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot
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Yohan Castaing, Wine Advocate
Jane Anson, Inside Bordeaux
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A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc, the 2024 Domaine de Chevalier reveals a spicy, brooding bouquet of oak, dark berries and gentian. Medium to full-bodied, juicy and round, it's firm and has an assertive tannic frame, concluding with a somewhat chewy finish. Despite a respectable yield and a clear stylistic shift toward less oak influence, the estate’s sandy terroirs struggled to achieve full ripeness in this delicate vintage.
Stands out for its deep ruby red colour, soft grilled cedar and sandalwood aromatics, and its slow build through the palate, with juice and character, a ton of gorgeous slate and liquorice. Not at the peak of 2023 or 2022, but this has depth and balance, and estate character. Great job from the team at Domaine de Chevalier. Harvest 20 September to 8 October. 30% new oak for ageing, Olivier Bernard owner.
The 2024 Domaine de Chevalier is soft, fruity and relatively simple, given its typical personality. Plum, black cherry, licorice, chocolate and sweet oak are pushed forward in this open-knit, easygoing Pessac-Léognan. There may be more here than meets the eye. We will see. Today, the 2024 is on the light side. Tasted two times.
About the producer
Since buying the property in 1983, the Bernard family has cemented Domaine de Chevalier’s reputation as one of the Graves’s finest red and white wine producers, known for their sophisticated and elegant wines.