Domaine de Chevalier - Domaine de Chevalier blanc 2022

Bewertungen

• 99/100

  James Suckling
  Very complex aromas of pears, persimmons, honey and cooked apples. Mineral undertones. Always subtle and multidimensional. Full-bodied with a tight and dense middle palate that gives a superb mouthfeel. It's lively and flavorful at the end but in a reserved way. Just a hint of bitter lemon and lilac. I really want to drink this, but give it three or four years to reach the right place."

• 98/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  Based on 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon that spent nine months in barrel, the 2022 Domaine De Chevalier Blanc is a brilliant white revealing a vivid gold hue as well as bright citrus, crushed stone, mint, and honeysuckle-driven nuances. Pure, focused, and elegant, it has remarkable balance, integrated acidity, medium to full body, and a beautifully layered texture. It should evolve beautifully for 20+ years."

• 18,5+/20

  Weinwisser
  70 % Sauvignon Blanc, 30 % Sémillon. Delikates Bouquet, Mandarinenzeste, Nektarine, Marokkominze, ein Hauch Jasmin, edler Kreideton. Am eleganten Gaumen mit pfeffrigem Extrakt und balancierter, perfekt stützender Rasse und edlem mineralischem Kern. Im gebündelten, feinaromatischen Finale weiße Blüten, Quitten und Wachsnoten. Der Wein wirkt sehr beruhigend und punktet mit seiner unglaublichen Raffinesse."

• 96/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  Juicy, fresh, sweet, dynamic, citrusy, and packed with layers of intense yellow, citrus, white peach, pineapples, green apples, vanilla and spice. The wine balances intensity with vibrancy, length, creamy, sensuous textures, and finish that starts, and keeps on going. The wine blends 70% Sauvignon Blanc, with 30% Semillon. Drink from 2025-2040."

• 95/100

  Wine Spectator
  This is lovely from the get-go, delivering a sensation of shimmering, wet pebbles, plus fresh thyme, oyster shell, quinine and Key lime zest notes that streak and glide at the same time. The long, unadorned finish hums like a tuning fork. Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon. Drink now through 2035."

• 95/100

  Falstaff
  Helles Strohgelb, silberfarbene Reflexe. Feine gelbe Fruchtnuancen, etwas Mango und Ananas, zart nach Verveine, facettenreiches Bukett. Saftig, elegant, angenehme Süße, dezente Säurestruktur, ein Hauch von weißem Nougat im Abgang, zeigt sich harmonisch und gut anhaftend, sicheres Reifepotenzial."

• 95/100

  The Wine Advocate
  The 2022 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc has turned out brilliantly in bottle, wafting from the glass with aromas of pear, jasmine, white flowers, spring blossoms and spices. Medium to full-bodied, layered and enveloping, it's charming and sappy with a dense structure, bright acids, gastronomic bitterness and a long, saline and mouthwatering finish. Confirming my expectations, this blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Sémillon is one of the best white wines of the vintage. It should gain harmony with age."

• 94/100

  Jane Anson
  Always a white wine made with an eye on ageing, even in exuberant vintages like 2022. You feel it in the structure which is intense and concentrated but also understated, with plenty of fresh acidities, white mango and pear alongside preserved lemons and cut grass. Great quality, a rare white in 2022 that feels fully on its game; 40hl/h yield, aged in 33% new oak oak. 40th harvest of Olivier Bernard."

• 94/100

  Decanter
  Pineapple, honey, lemon, peach, lime - a lovely expression on the nose, fresh and fragrant, open and alive. Great depth of flavour and purity. Gorgeous depth and body, really fills the mouth with some bitterness that gives a nice counter to the acidity. This widens and expands and then elongates and makes your mouth water in just the right places. This is fantastic, moreish and really complete. Feels retrained and just the right amount of each aspect. Great to drink now and age."

• 92/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  This is a blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Semillon, and the élevage was in close to 40% new oak, for between 16 and 18 months. I like the powdery substance and intensity evident on the nose here, with crushed gravel and citrus fruits, lemon peel, white chocolate and waxy smoke, all delivered with a sense of phenolic maturity. This latter element pervades the palate, which presents lemon meringue and pastry notes, wrapped up with touches of tobacco oak, with a firm central spindle of oak and rather confident acidity which integrates with this delicately bitter grip. Great energy on the finish, with a delineated finish too, the length bitter and acid-washed. This is a very stylish interpretation of the vintage, with maturity and vivacity, and it will develop well. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13.5%."

• 17,5/20

  Jancis Robinson
  Pale straw. Intriguing, Certainly not just Sauvignon Blanc. Some hint of Pessac-Léognan's oiliness and lots of intricate green-fruit flavour."