Domaine de Chevalier - Pessac Leognan 2020 (750ml)
Price: $97.00
| Producer | Domaine de Chevalier |
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2020 |
| Sku | 1006801 |
| Size | 750ml |
Jeb Dunnuck: 98+ Points
The Grand Vin 2020 Domaine De Chevalier ratchets everything up another notch and will be one of the legendary wines from this address. Notes of pure cassis graphite lead pencil and scorched earth define its incredible aromatics and it hits the palate with full-bodied richness ultra-fine tannins no hard edges and a great great finish. This is pure classic regal Pessac-Léognan is as good as anything in the vintage. Give bottles 4-6 years and it will evolve for 50 60 70+ years. I absolutely love this wine. The blend is 65% Cabernet Sauvignon 27% Merlot 5% Petit Verdot and the rest Cabernet Franc.
vJames Suckling: 97 Points
Lots of blackcurrant black cherry lead pencil ink bark and black truffle on the nose. Full-bodied and very fine textured with silky tannins that are so layered and gorgeous. Fantastic length and depth. Clarity and transparency. 55% cabernet sauvignon 35% merlot 5% petit verdot and 5% cabernet franc. Best afte
The Wine Independent: 96 Points
The 2020 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon 35% Merlot 5% Petit Verdot and 5% Cabernet Franc. Deep garnet-purple in color it charges out of the gate with pronounced notes of blackcurrant cordial juicy blackberries and mossy tree bark giving way to notes of licorice crushed rocks and pencil lead. The medium to full-bodied palate is taut with muscular black fruits and mineral accents framed by firm grainy tannins and oodles of freshness finishing long and perfumed.
Decanter: 96 Points
Bright red fruits creamy and deliciously textured - full ripe and round but so well controlled. Vibrant and vivid yet balanced and sleek you want to drink this now with great acidity and cool blue fruit touches and stony minerality. Tannins are present and mouthfilling but grippy and supportive not overwhelming. Feels stylish and really so drinkable. A great effort!
Vinous: 96 Points
The 2020 Domaine de Chevalier is brilliant. Bright poised and wonderfully pure the 2020 Domaine de Chevalier marries the radiance of the year with tremendous freshness. Red cherry fruit blood orange mint star anise and cinnamon all meld together. The 2020 is a wine built on aromatic presence and persistence more so than heft with all the elements very nicely balanced. What a wine! Tasted two times. - By Antonio Galloni on December 2022
Wine Spectator: 95 Points
Well-built pulling ample and weighty waves of cassis plum reduction and blackberry preserves along atop a broad spine of warm loam smoldering tobacco and singed alder. Long and deep through the fine-grained finish with a warm paving stone note that won't quit thanks to well-buried acidity?not an easy feat in this vintage. Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Petit Verdot and Cabernet Franc. Best from 2028 through 2038.
Jane Anson: 95 Points
Exactly as you hope to find a great Bordeaux at this stage still very much firm in its tannic structure rippled with clear cinammon turmeric and black pepper notes alongside creamy cassis blackberry bilberry cigar box smoked earth. A brilliant Chevalier. 38hl/h yield.
Wine Advocate: 95+ Points
The 2020 Domaine de Chevalier is a touch more tightly wound than the brilliant 2019 out of the gates but it seems likely to equal that vintage with a bit of time. Unwinding in the glass with aromas of minty blackberries and cassis mingled with notions of burning embers spices rose petals and orange rind it's medium to full-bodied fleshy and concentrated with a deep core of fruit powdery structuring tannins and a long saline finish. As I wrote last year this estate in recent vintages has arrived at a sort of stylistic contemporary classicism that evokes the great wines of yesteryear from this address and the 2020 continues that trend.
