Château Cheval-Blanc - St.-Emilion 1990 (750ml)
Price: $1649.00
| Producer | Château Cheval-Blanc |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Subregion | St Emilion |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend White |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Sku | 10569 |
| Size | 750ml |
Decanter: 100 Points
The standout wine of the entire tasting. Powerful smooth mouthfilling sweetness still deeply coloured. You will find it hard to track down this wine on the market today and even more difficult to avoid paying crazy sums for it but I can assure you that it stands out for the intense finely picked-out fleshy fruit notes of sweet damson and plum unrolling against smoked coffee and liquorice notes. Truffles tobacco and exotic spices are all here ? and it?s hard to imagine how it can have done better. Oh and Le Petit Cheval in this vintage was 98% Cabernet Franc so another one to look out for if the beauty of the Cabernet in the main wine is anything to go by. Harvest 11-25 September 40hl/ha yield. They made 76% first wine and 12% Petit Cheval with the rest sold off in bulk.
Vinous: 98 Points
The 1990 Cheval Blanc is a vintage that once upon a time I drank regularly although I had not seen it since March 2016. Poured against the 1990 Lafite-Rothschild this is the clear winner. Still youthful in color with modest bricking. The bouquet explodes from the glass with kirsch mulberry antique furniture and black truffle scents. With aeration it becomes more savory the Cabernet Franc wanting to see more of the olfactory action. The palate is medium-bodied and comes equipped with a stunning velvety texture. This Saint-Émilion feels spherical conveying a sense of controlled decadence but avoiding any ostentation. This is as good a bottle as I have encountered over the years. Brilliant. Tasted at Noble Rot's ?Xmas? dinner. - By Neal Martin on November 2019
Wine Advocate: 98 Points
After entering what seemed like a slight dip the 1990 Cheval Bland is rapidly assuming the mantle of that era's greatest wine from the hands of the 1982. Here it's just on fire racing out of the blocks with its hedonistic bouquet of macerated dark cherries sloes game and iodine all beautifully defined and indeed reminding me of the 1982 around the later nineties. The palate is velvet smooth the acidity cutting through the swathe of lush black and red fruit the merlot more expressive at this precise moment. Showy and yet refined there is a completeness to this wine that is irresistible. Tasted February 2014. Published: Jul 30 2014
