96 James Suckling
Lots of blueberry, hot-stone, slate and walnut aromas. Terracotta, too. Iodine. Full-bodied, round and dense with layers of fine tannins. Lovely depth and intensity. Extremely long and focused. Needs three or four years of bottle age just to start. Try after 2024.
18 Rene Gabriel
André Kunz: Frisches, laktisches, seidenes Bouquet, Johannisbeergelee, Erdbeerjoghurt, Minze, Mocca, Zedern. Eleganter, feingliedriger Gaumen mit dichtverwobener Struktur, feiner Frucht, dichter Aromatik, feinem Tannin, langer, frischer Abgang. 18/20 2024 - 2045
94 Robert Parker
The 2017 Domaine de Chevalier is deep garnet-purple in color with a nose of baked plums, black cherry compote, fruitcake and violets plus wafts of fragrant earth and rosehip tea. Medium-bodied, the palate has loads of fruit with plush, rounded tannins and a lively finish. A blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, this vintage spent 18 months in French oak, 35% new.<br/>
Lots of blueberry, hot-stone, slate and walnut aromas. Terracotta, too. Iodine. Full-bodied, round and dense with layers of fine tannins. Lovely depth and intensity. Extremely long and focused. Needs three or four years of bottle age just to start. Try after 2024.