News from Domaine de Chevalier

DOMAINE de CHEVALIER Blanc. Another hectare of vines…

By Alain Labatut

Although tiny, Domaine de Chevalier's magical white wine vineyard (5 hectares) consistently produces one of the greatest dry whites in Bordeaux thanks to precision winemaking. The estate's extremely uncompromising approach to quality is only possible thanks to its small size.

This is why Mr Olivier Bernard's recent decision to plant a further hectare of white wine grapes at Chevalier is an extraordinary event.

 

Olivier Bernard explains…

Neal Martin, Wine Journal's Memorable Wines of 2009 : Domaine de Chevalier 1953

  On December 24th, Neal Martin wrote in "Wine Journal"

"DREAMS ", WINE OF THE YEAR : Domaine de Chevalier 1953 (red)

"This year, the wine that made the deepest impression was a Bordeaux: Domaine de Chevalier1953, served from ex-château magnum at Taillevent...

Yet it represented everything I love about Bordeaux, the way it matures into something that sends shivers down the spine, the unheralded greatness of mature Graves (wich remains almost as unforgivably unfashionable as Sauternes)."

And another one  in "Dreams" categorie : Domaine de Chevalier 1916 (red)