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Château Cheval Blanc 2006
Red wine | Premier Grand Cru Classé A, Saint-Émilion AC
A great wine is first created in the vineyard. This is where a thousand daily gestures, carried out with the utmost meticulousness and infinitely repeated throughout the year, seasons and days, make Cheval Blanc an exceptional grand cru.
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France Bordeaux
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Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Sauvignon 10 - 20 years
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14.00% vol.
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97 100Robert Parker's Wine AdvocateTasted at Bordeaux Index's annual 10-Year On tasting in London.The 2006 Château Cheval Blanc is a blend of 55% Merlot and 45% Cabernet Franc. It has the most floral bouquet of the four Serié A Grand Cru Classé: an explosion of crushed violets and potpourri, hints of leather and cigar Wooden box, the Cabernet Franc clearly lending this complexity and character. The palate is medium-bodied with fine tannin. It feels wonderfully structured and comes with an insistent grip that coats the mouth. This is backward and almost surely, but you have to stand back and admire the precision and arching structure on the mineral-rich finish. Top dog Saint Emilion? That's for sure. Tasted January 2016.
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95 100Wine SpectatorLogo on the cap: W a crown (the most irregular cap I know). Dark, intense and evolved color. Fruity but discreet nose. Round, juicy, silky and above all nobly perfumed on the palate, evolving into a rich, powerful and complex finish. Beautiful !
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A beautiful deep purple red.
The expression of the aromas delivers floral facets of violet and peony which evolve towards red fruit, raspberry and black cherry. This vintage is characterized by its brilliance, its aromatic freshness, its precision, its clarity.
The attack is ample. The mid-palate is full, fatty, voluptuous, voluptuous, with an endless finish. The tannins are suave, silky and elegant, on the palate the balance is perfect.
Porcini mushrooms, quail, braised beef, game, wild boar.
Serving temperature: 16 - 18°C
This vintage has both the richness and opulence of wines produced on clay soils, as well as the finesse and tight tannic structure of wines produced on gravelly soils. The soils and subsoils reflect the textural variety encountered on the Quaternary alluvium.
Vatting for 3 weeks in concrete vats under thermoregulation, aging for 18 to 20 months in new French oak barrels
Cork
Wooden box
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