Domaine Chevalier

Domaine ChevalierThe 2015 Domaine de Chevalier has a perfumed, quite floral bouquet with rose petals and cedar infusing the red berry fruit, nicely detailed with blacker fruit uncovered by aeration. The palate is medium bodied with supple tannins, sweet and rounded, very plush in style with a caressing, femme fatale of a finish. I have actually encountered better bottles than this, though it remains a class act. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.

austere and incredibly persistent finish

raspberry and warm earth aromas

The 2011 El Carretil is produced with Tempranillo grapes from a single 5

and that day may be closer than most people realize

Strong wood and menthol characters bury the fruit at present

gaining vigor

readers should wait another few years until the 1999 Rocche enters the next stage of its life

(93-96)/2035+

The 2000 was roaring from the glass when I tasted it in the estates Cote Rotie cellars

Crushed raspberry

finely tuned acidity and gentle grip toward the long

Keep an eye open for these two vintages