Bewertungen

• 94/100

  Wine Enthusiast
  This structured wine with big, bold red fruits offers ripe acidity, a dense texture and considerable concentration. It also has the hallmark freshness of the vintage that balances the strong aging potential. Drink from 2022."

• 94/100

  James Suckling
  Plenty of sliced apple and lemon character to this fresh wine. Full body, layered fruit and a tangy, almond and fruit aftertaste. Intense finish of stones, chalk and salt. Oyster shell, too. Needs time to come together. Tingling finish. Better in 2018."

• 93/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  Medium bodied, with a complex nose of chocolate mint, black cherry, earth and smoke. The finesse styled wine is sweet, ripe, elegant and fresh."

• 92+/100

  The Wine Advocate
  Very floral and elegant with raspberry and blackcurrant fruit mixed with toasty oak/vanillin, followed by a medium to full-bodied, stylish, polished wine that is the quintessentially refined style of Pessac-Léognan. Nevertheless, the complexity and nuance has yet to fully emerge. This medium to full-bodied Domaine de Chevalier is poised for a bright future. It is tight and backward now, as well as restrained aromatically, but everything is there for the future. Forget it for 5-7 years and drink it over the following 30 years."

• 92/100

  Wine Spectator
  This sports lovely, enticing plum sauce, melted black licorice, blackberry pâte de fruit and cherry compote notes, along with fruitcake and graphite accents that fill in the background. The solid structure is fully absorbed into the fruit, and this should cellar well. A solid effort for the vintage. Best from 2017 through 2025. 8,333 cases made."

• 92/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  The 2012 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge is medium to deep garnet-purple colored. Plum preserves, baked blackberries, and dried mulberries jump from the glass with hints of unsmoked cigars and smoked meats. The medium-bodied palate has a firm, grainy texture with lovely freshness and a good amount of maturing fruit, finishing on a stewed tea note."

• 92/100

  Falstaff
  Tiefdunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezenter Wasserrand, einladender reifer Fruchtschmelz, dunkle Kirschen, feiner Zwetschkentouch, kandierte Orangenzesten, einladendes Bukett. Saftig, rotbeerig und frisch, elegante Textur, sehr harmonisch, feine Tannine, Kirschen im Abgang, dezenter Schokonachhall, verfügt über Entwicklungspotenzial."

• 92/100

  Decanter
  Fresh and still firm (tasted from magnum) with good balance and velvety texture. This sample will reveal more in three years’ time. Subsequent vintages have gained even more from the hard work in the vineyard."

• 17/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Really fresh and dry. Racy and appetising - almost like a healthy mouthwash! Very successful. Long and neat. A much fresher bottle than the Farr one."

• 91/100

  Jane Anson
  This is enjoyable, heading towards tertiary flavours with melted tannins, and layers of cigar box, salted caramel, blackberry and blueberry fruits. Has grip through the core but is welcoming rather than overly concentrated at this point. Tasted out of magnum. An estate that offers excellent consistency, and it is an easy 2012 to recommend."

• 17/20

  Weinwisser
  Sattes Purpur-Granat, dicht in der Mitte, lila Schimmer aussen. Ein Traumbouquet, fein laktisch und somit fast buttrige Konturen, Kirschen, Himbeeren, von der Süsse her einen ganz feinen Touch Grenadine zeigend, Kokosnuancen. Im Gaumen mit seidiger Textur, delikate Tannine, alles ist im Finessenbereich. Vielleicht letztendlich doch mehr eine ganz faire Jahrgangsvariante als um jeden Preis aufzufallen. So richtig im Stil der Domaine. Kann noch zulegen."