Domaine de Chevalier 2018

The intensity and perfumes on the nose are extremely impressive, offering pure blackberries and violets, as well as bark, wild-mushroom and raw-tile notes. It's full-bodied with creamy tannins that envelop the wine and a gorgeous, subtly complex center palate with all the flavors found on the nose. Endless finishing. Love the finesse and length to this. Greatest ever. 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot. Try after 2026.

These guys clearly know what they are doing, and they keep doing it. This wine is consistent even in difficult years but in years like this, where they have the room to maneuver, it really shines. This is great stuff, with lovely freshness to the deep fruit flavors. There is persistence and plenty of slate and freshly cut herbs to stack up against the juicy, concentrated fruit. It's a powerful, well handled and confident wine but doesn't push too hard. One-third new oak. -Jane Anson.

A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot, aged for approximately 18 months in oak barrels, 35% new, the 2018 Domaine de Chevalier has a deep garnet-purple color, pouncing out of the glass with energetic scents of crushed blackcurrants, fresh, juicy blackberries and ripe plums, with suggestions of crushed rocks, bay leaves, unsmoked cigars and lavender. The medium to full-bodied palate is packed with muscular black fruits, framed by firm, ripe, grainy tannins and great tension, finishing long and mineral laced. Give it another 4 years in bottle to flesh out and drink it over the next 25+ years. -Lisa Perrotti-Brown.

Red color, very dark and intense. Very aromatic, fine, fruity, pure and noble nose. Meticulous on the attack, suave in development, very aromatic in the mid-palate, the wine melts into a dense texture and a juicy body. Long, tasty finish, with a fine grain. It's very good. Blend: 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot.