• Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classé de Garves Blanc 2016
  • Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classé de Garves Blanc 2016
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Domaine de Chevalier Bordeaux Pessac Léognan

Domaine de Chevalier

Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classé de Garves Blanc 2016

White still

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  • Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classé de Garves Blanc 2016
  • Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classé de Garves Blanc 2016
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Domaine de Chevalier Bordeaux Pessac Léognan
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Denomination Pessac Léognan AOC
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Area Bordeaux (France)
Grape varieties 70% Sauvignon, 30% Semillon
Aging Barrel aging 16 to 20 months (35% new oak), bâtonnage 4 months (stirring the lees with a stick).
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Awards

  • 2016

    96

    /100

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  • 2016

    98

    /100

    James Suckling is an influential American wine critic and journalist who worked at Wine Spectator for 30 years. He left the magazine in 2010 to start his own website and guidebook (JamesSuckling.com). He specialises in Italian and Bordeaux wines.

  • 2016

    92

    /100

    The prestigious international wine guide from the renowned Robert Parker, the world's most experienced and trusted wine taster.

  • 2016

    92

    /100

    Vinous is the online guide from Antonio Galloni, one of the world's leading wine connoisseurs.

  • 2016

    94

    /100

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Perfume

Perfume

Punchy, pulpy, intense, fresh and complex nose. The aromas of grapefruit, orange, peach and mango blend with balsamic (pine) and mineral (quartz, flint) fragrances. The whole terroir of Chevalier is revealed in this great nose.

Color

Color

Crystalline, pale gold color.

Taste

Taste

On the palate, an exquisite and intense pulpy richness is combined with a beautiful fruity acidity. A cocktail of spicy and soft white fruits releases very silky flavors. This feeling of sweetness reflects the perfect maturity of healthy fruits. The flesh of this wine leads to a great purity and an tremendous delicacy. Very elegant body.

Serve at:

12 - 14 °C.

Longevity:

05 - 10 years

Decanting time:

1 hour

Full Bodied and Aged White Wines

Producer
Domaine de Chevalier
From this winery
“Chevalier’s history is an integral part of its identity... The true birth of the estate dates back to the second half of the 19th century. Until not so long ago, the forest took up most of the western part of the Graves, where we are located. How things have changed since then!

Archives from the 17th century show us that the small Domaine de Chivaley included “houses, outbuildings, gardens, grounds, vines, woods, and meadows.” The name "Chivaley", (meaning "knight" in Gascon) is believed to be linked, for an unknown reason, to the presence of the very old pilgrim trail to Santiago de Compostela which still borders the estate.

The term domaine, later replaced by château, originally had a wider meaning that has since disappeared. It referred to an ensemble, as at Chivaley, formed by a family residence and agricultural estate in which viticulture coexisted with other crops and breeding...” Read more
Production area: Bordeaux
Bordeaux
Domaine de Chevalier

Ideal with fish dishes in sauce, white meat, cheese.

Fish
Shellfish
Cheese
Matured cheese

Name Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Grand Cru Classé de Garves Blanc 2016
Type White still
Denomination Pessac Léognan AOC
Vintage 2016
Size 0,75 l
Alcohol content 13.5% by volume
Grape varieties 70% Sauvignon, 30% Semillon
Country France
Region Bordeaux
Vendor Domaine de Chevalier
Soil composition Gravel on clay-gravel subsoil.
Harvest Sauvignon: September 10 to 25; Semillon: September 15 to 30. Hand-picked, into small crates. Grapes are carefully sorted in the vineyard as well as before and after destemming.
Wine making Three vat-rooms, (stainless steel, tulip concrete and wooden vats), to optimize the plot selection, perfect the extraction and refining the “assemblage”.
Aging Barrel aging 16 to 20 months (35% new oak), bâtonnage 4 months (stirring the lees with a stick).
Allergens Contains sulphites