Domaine de Chevalier - Esprit de Chevalier Rouge 2022

Bewertungen

• 95/100

  James Suckling
  This is really perfumed with rose petals and citrus fruit. It's medium-bodied with brightness and fine tannins that caress the palate. Focused. Vivid. The second wine of Domaine de Chevalier. Drink after 2027."

• 93/100

  Jeb Dunnuck
  The 2022 L'Esprit De Chevalier offers a spicy, complex profile with a supple, rounded texture and an elegant, balanced profile. Medium to full-bodied with fine tannins and an undeniably delicious style, it’s well worth buying and drinking over the coming decade or so."

• 93/100

  Falstaff
  Kräftiges Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, dezente Ockerrandaufhellung. Reife rote Herzkirschen, feine Kräuterwürze, etwas Nougat, zarte tabakige Nuancen. Mittlerer Körper, feine Extraktsüße, integrierte reife Tannine, mineralisch, gut anhaftend und bereits antrinkbar, verfügt über Entwicklungspotenzial."

• 92/100

  The Wine Cellar Insider
  Plums, tobacco, black cherries, spice, mint, and cocoa come through on the nose. The medium-bodied palate is silky, fresh, soft, and polished, with sweetness to the berries seemingly wrapped in cigar wrappers, with a touch of mint in the finish. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon and 35% Merlot. Drink from 2025-2035."

• 92/100

  The Wine Advocate
  The 2022 L'Esprit de Chevalier unfurls from the glass with aromas of cassis, mulberries, spices and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, textured and layered, it’s elegant and seamless with good depth at the core and youthful, delicate tannins. Concluding with a long, penetrating and ethereal finish, this blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon and 40% Merlot is a real success."

• 91/100

  Decanter
  Deep and concentrated aromas of blackcurrant leaf, strawberry and dried herbs on the nose. Smooth and fruity, this is really juicy and alive. Fruit focused and driving with the acidity at the fore. A really enjoyable and accessible wine with plenty of menthol chalkiness too and some soft salinity that really elongates the flavours. Not layered as such but really cool, driving and enjoyable."

• 89/100

  Lisa Perrotti-Brown
  The second wine of Chevalier is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, and the élevage was in 25% new oak like Lespault-Martillac (another Bernard wine), but for a little longer, for up to 16 months. A beautifully aromatic nose, with powdered chalk, delicately dried griottes and rose petals, as well as a sandalwood and matchstick freshness. This has a charming sense of cohesion at the start of the palate, showing very complete, albeit with a rather loose and juicy character in the middle and finish, before a finish of slightly sappy tannins. A charming second wine, savoury, juicy and open, ready to drink in a year or two, although it will hold on for a decade I expect. Tasted twice. The alcohol on the label is 13.5%."

• 89/100

  Jane Anson
  Charming, has lift and well defined dark fruits, chalky tannins, a touch of cassis bud, just not quite the balance of Domaine de la Solitude, which would be my pick of the two sibling estates."