Domaine de Chevalier blanc 2016

- 92+ Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Lisa Perrotti-Brown: "The Domaine de Chevalier 2016 Blanc is a blend of 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Sémillon. The nose reveals spiced pears, waxy lemons, honeysuckle and yuzu with wafts of lime juice and green guava. Medium-bodied with great intensity and elegance, it has a racy line cutting through the citrus and tropical layers, finishing long."

- 97 Punkte und "Cellar Selection" WINE ENTHUSIAST, Roger Voss: "This luscious wine from old-vine Sauvignon Blanc is filled out even further by the 30% Sémillon in the blend. It is rich in feel and intense in a white fruit flavor, with touches of spice from the wood aging. It is fresh and textured on the finish. Drink from 2024."

- 94 Punkte VINOUS, Neal Martin: "The 2016 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc has a well-defined bouquet of white peach, apricot and light candle wax aromas and nicely integrated oak. The well-balanced palate leads with quince and orange peel on the entry, revealing a pleasant bitter undertow and fanning out with confidence toward the saline finish. Excellent. Tasted blind at the annual Southwold tasting."

- 93 Punkte FALSTAFF, Peter Moser: "Helles Gelbgrün, Silberreflexe, zarte gelbe Tropenfruchtanklänge, ein Hauch von Orangenzesten, Nuancen von Grapefruit. Kompakt, straffe Textur, zarter Holzkuss, reife Steinobstnote, elegant und anhaltend, gutes Reifepotenzial."

- 96 Punkte DECANTER, Andy Howard: "Intense and focused. 75% Sauvignon Blanc and 25% Semillon. Oak imparts extra complexity to this wonderfully concentrated wine. Restrained and refined yet powerful. A great vintage and benchmark Pessac-Léognan white. Drinking Window 2020 – 2035"

- 18 Punkte Rene Gabriels BORDEAUX TOTAL, Andre Kunz: "Kunz Fassprobe 17: Frisches, kräftiges, fein grasiges Bouquet, Zitronencreme, grüne Kräuter, grüne Oliven, Minze, Grapefruit. Eleganter, voller, frischer Gaumen mit kräftiger, feiner Frucht, sehr gut eingebundener Säure, guter Aromatik, langer, feiner Abgang."

- 99 Punkte JEB DUNNUCK: "The white of the vintage is the 2016 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, which comes from a high-density planting of 30-year-old vines located west and south of the town of Léognan. A blend of 75% Sauvignon and 25% Sémillon raised in 35% new barrels, it offers a massive bouquet of crushed citrus, salty minerality, white flowers, and grapefruit. Racy, full-bodied, concentrated and beautifully textured, it’s a brilliant wine that has more flesh and texture than the 2015 and will keep for two decades or more. Hats off to the team at Domaine de Chevalier for this brilliant, brilliant white!"

- 98 Punkte JAMES SUCKLING: "Still very shy on the nose, but the candied citrus, fresh melon, pear and quince notes come through on the palate, together with discreet, toasty oak. Although this is really concentrated, the power is underplayed and the enormous, herbal and mineral depth steals up on you slowly and then whisks you away. You could enjoy it now, but there’s enormous aging potential. A blend of 70 per cent sauvignon and 30 per cent semillon. Try in 2021."

- 19 Punkte WEINWISSER: "Zartes Bouquet nach Mirabellen und Grapefruit, dahinter Limonenessenz, Minze und Limetten. Am mittleren Gaumen mit sehr geradliniger Struktur, fast stahlig werdend. Besticht durch seine geniale Balance. Im druckvollen Finale mit Weingartenpfirsich und Zitronenmelisse. Was für ein verführerischer Domaine de Chevalier!"

- 19 Punkte VINUM: "Superbe, wenn auch noch zurückhaltende, holzgeprägte Aromatik; von umwerfender Klasse, grosse Dichte, umwerfende Mineraliät, nicht enden wollende Länge... gehört einmal mehr zu den grossen Weissen der Welt."