Winery - Château Cheval Blanc
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Classic nose of green peppers, olives, lots of herbs, very smoky; sweet and ripe in the mouth, wonderful fruit flavors of ripe black fruits, cherries and plums, pomegranates; there is depth and intensity in this wine with supplemental flavors of tar and truffles; quite mature now but balanced and showing excellent structure; long finish, spicy with nice lemon-tinged acidity; this was also served last year at the Commenderie’s Cheval Blanc dinner, where it also showed well. (18/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
Very light nose, at first hard to discern, then some emerging aromas of licorice and lots of leather, beeswax, black pepper and smoke; sweet and smooth in the mouth, silky, earthen but lacks the Cheval elegance; a bit two-dimensional although spicy and sweet with a hot spice finish. (15.5/20)
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* Expert NoteDecember 19, 2005
A wine of considerable reputation, this bottle affirmed its pedigree; while the wine is still not fully ready, it shows great qualities now but needs a good deal of time in the glass to come into flower; big and deep nose with complex and layered aromas, opening at first with a tight set of aromas of leather, minerals, iodine and a touch of medicinal scents, the nose opens to reveal rich and buttery aromas of sweet fruit, taffy and caramel; sweet and rich in the mouth, dense but balanced with layers of black fruit; ripe tannins that have softened now but provide a solid structure to the base of the wine; there is surprisingly low acidity noticeable in the wine, but I suspect that it is there but masked right now; long finish, sweet, smooth and ripe with the typical port-like richness that this property is known for. (18.5/20) Another bottle tried at a different time from a different source showed a more advanced nose that had sweeter fruit aromas, but the remaining notes were consistent.
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