Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2020 (Magnum)
Magnum - 150cl
ETA: 3-4 months
- Vintage2020
- ABV13.5
- ColourWhite
- ProducerDomaine de Chevalier
- CountryFrance
- RegionBordeaux
- Sub RegionPessac-Leognan
- DesignationAOP
- ClassificationCru Classe
- Bottle SizeMagnum - 150cl
- Drinking RecommendationDrinking well already and will keep improving with more time in the cellar.
- Drinking Period2022 – 2050
- Avg. Critic Score4.5★★★★★★★★★★
Wine Critic Reviews
A blend of 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon, the 2020 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc opens with very serious scents of preserved lemons, kumquat, cedar, and chalk dust, leading to a fantastically fun undercurrent of passion fruit, orange blossoms, and sea spray. The palate is so, so tightly wound with tight-knit citrus, tropical, and mineral notes wrapped up in a silken-textured, racy frame, finishing with epic length and a whole firework display of minerals. What a fascinating wine!
- Reviewer Name: Lisa Perrotti-Brown
Barrel Sample. This classic white wine reveals impressive potential as it unfolds. Along with its enveloping white fruits and crisp citrus it also has a wrought texture that will push it forward for the long term.
- Reviewer Name: Roger Voss
A dense, creamy DC white with lots of rich cooked-apple, mineral, cream and praline character. It’s full and very layered with chewy intensity and a long, bitter-lemon and almost honey finish. Pretty phenolic tension, too.
- Review Date: April 2021
Ripe, lush, and opulent, the wine opens to a wealth of fragrances, flowers, spice, honey, vanilla, green apples, lemon rind, mango, and pink grapefruit aromatics are easy to find. On the palate the wine is silky, lush, and fresh, finishing with yellow citrus and creamy green apples. You can enjoy this beauty on release, but it has the ability to age as well. Drink from 2023-2036.
- Drinking Window: 2023 - 2036
- Reviewer Name: Jeff Leve
Another terrific vintage for this wine, the 2020 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc unwinds in the glass with aromas of nectarine, pear, nutmeg, passionflower and hazelnuts. Medium to full-bodied, fleshy and seamless, with racy acids and a bright, pure profile, it nips at the heels of the brilliant and somewhat racier, more refined 2019.
- Drinking Window: 2025 - 2045
- Reviewer Name: William Kelley
- Review Date: April 2023
The 2020 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc marries power and tension so well. Lemon confit marzipan, chamomile, dried orchard fruit and crushed flowers all build effortlessly into the expansive, beautifully resonant finish. Above all else, the Blanc is a wine of savory/mineral complexity and structure. I wouldn't dream of touching a bottle anytime soon. Tasted two times.
- Drinking Window: 2026 - 2050
- Reviewer Name: Antonio Galloni
- Review Date: February 2023
An excellent white with precision, flesh and confidence, sure to age well. A ton of white pear and some soft pepper spice keeps up the pace and lift from beginning to end, and the intensity continues to build after the wine has left the palate - a sure sign of something special happening. A yield of 43hl/ha. Tasted twice. Unusual for me to score the red and white Chevalier at the same level, but both are extremely successful in this vintage.
- Drinking Window: 2022 - 2032
- Reviewer Name: Jane Anson
- Review Date: May 2021