Domaine de CHEVALIER
Dry white Grand cru classé

The 2021 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A.Galloni-December 2023): 96/100 “The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc is a dense, powerful dry white. Readers will have to be patient, as the 2021 is going to need quite a bit of time to be at its best. Today, the wine's textural intensity and some oak are front and center. The 2021 is a Blanc of substance and real character. I can't wait to see how it ages.”

Vinous (N.Martin-November 2023): 95/100 “The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc was one of the best wines that I tasted, white or red, during en primeur. Now in bottle, it has a captivating bouquet of mineral-rich citrus fruit that represents one of the most complex I have encountered in any vintage. The palate is well-balanced with a beautiful line of acidity and a slightly resinous texture, very complex and intense on the finish that lingers in the mouth. What a fabulous dry white Bordeaux this will become.”

The 2018 vintage in the press:

Vinous (A.Galloni - March 2021): 95/100 “The 2018 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc has com together beautifully over the last two years. Rich and unctuous in feel, the 2018 offers terrific nuance to match its creamy, enveloping personality. Dried pear, marzipan, lemon confit and white flowers all build as the 2018 blossoms in the glass. The poised, deeply resonant finish is striking. I am so impressed with the 2018, a wine that is far more convincing in bottle than it was from barrel. ”

J-M Quarin (October 2020): 95/100 “Ample from the attack, juicy in the mid-palate and above all very tasty, the wine develops on a fat touch. The finish is complex, long and sappy. It's superb.”

The 2016 vintage in the press:

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2020): 94/100 “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-blanced 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.”

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The 2022 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (May 2025): 94/100 “Unanimously acclaimed, the 2022 is clearly in the remarkable tradition of recent vintages. Supported by very good acidity, it has a character more marked by tannic and alcoholic power, like the 2018, than by the radiance of fruit that makes the singular greatness of the 2016 or 2020. Comparing the merits of this historic succession of great vintages will nourish the pleasure of the senses and the debate of several generations!”

Vinous (A. Galloni - January 2025): 96+/100 "The 2022 Domaine de Chevalier is fabulous. I expected to see a more boisterous wine in this vintage, but instead, Domaine de Chevalier is a bit strict and tightly wound. I suspect those qualities will serve it well over the coming decades. Punchy red fruit, blood orange, new leather and spice all race out of the glass. I especially admire the wine's energy and tension."

J.M Quarin (February 2025): 95/100 "Beautiful dark red, slightly evolved. Intense, fine, fruity and subtle nose. Graceful on the palate, evolving deliciously towards a finish that's a little lively and stricter than the sweetness felt on the entry and mid-palate. Melting body."

The 2021 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (May 2025): 93/100 “In the context of the vintage and compared to its peers, 2021 impressed right from the en primeur tastings. It confirms today! Cabernet-Sauvignon is clearly dominant (80% of the blend), defining a fruit of magnificent transparency, intense, “blue” (like 2017), satiny and smoky, with a brilliance all the more vivid because the woodiness is totally discreet.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2023): 94+/100 “The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier comes across as quite shy and reticent in this vintage. The aromatics are beguiling, but on the palate, the wine feels a bit strict and clamped down. Crushed flowers, sweet red-toned fruit, spice, mint and blood orange emerge, but only with great reluctance. It will be interesting to see how the 2021 develops over time."

The 2019 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (May 2025): 91/100 “Fruity, loose, tender and solar at the same time, 2019 offers a breath full of charm but lacks a little density and relief compared to the vintages that frame it. The context effect mentioned in the preamble is fully in play.”

Bettane et Desseauve (Guide 2024): 94/100

J.M Quarin (February 2022): 95/100 “Smooth on entry, particularly fruity in the middle, with a melting body and a refined touch, the wine gains fullness and expression in the second half of the palate. The finish is long, with fine tannins that are constantly aromatic. Very good."

Vinous (N. Martin - January 2023): 97/100 “The 2019 Domaine de Chevalier has a precise and complex bouquet with blackberry cedar and tobacco scents, quite Médoc-like in style. This is thoroughly engaging. The palate is medium-bodied with pliant tannins, exquisitely integrated oak, fleshy and fine-boned with precise finish. This is outstanding."

The 2018 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (May 2025): 94/100 “This original fruity character, deep and noble, can be found in a pure and remarkably well-constituted 2018, with, however, compared to the 2016 a seemingly lower acidity and an alcoholic presence that is regaining its voice-which is entirely in keeping with the logic of the vintage.”

En Magnum (April 2021): 96/100 “Excellent body, powerful and fresh overall, very balanced, racy tannin, not quite formed yet on the mid-palate, but promising for long cellaring. Faithful to its always energetic and luminous style, this spectacular terroir expresses itself in the most beautiful of ways. Another major success for the Bernard family and their teams.”

Vinous (A. Galloni - March 2021): 97/100 “The 2018 Domaine de Chevalier is easily one of the wines of the vintage. A wine of mind-blowing precision and regal elegance, Domaine de Chevalier dazzles from the very first taste. Dried herbs, rose petal, mint, blood orange, pomegranate and bright mineral notes all build in the glass. Richly layered but also translucent, the 2018 is a real head-turner. Don't miss it!"

The 2016 vintage in the press:

La Revue du Vin de France (May 2025): 97/100 “The brilliance of the 2016 is immediately striking, the fruit enthusiastically transcribes that specific character found in the most accomplished expressions of the vintage, that deep, suggestive, articulate florality. The qualities of constitution and form are admirable, and the balance with the qualities of freshness (vibrancy, vitality) approaches perfection. Will it experience, like the 2005 or 2010, phases of closure?”

J-M Quarin (February 2019): 95/100 “Original nuances of pinewood, ink and cream. Melting on the attack, mellow on development, very pleasant, a touch lively, the wine caresses on a sappy body and finishes deep, with taste and fine tannins. Very good length."

Vinous (A. Galloni - December 2018): 97/100 “The 2016 Domaine de Chevalier is a thrilling wine. Dense and beautifully layered, the 2016 is also quite a bit richer than it usually is. Cabernet Sauvignon aromatics and structure pulse through the wine. The red-toned fruit is incredibly primary at this stage. Readers should be prepared to cellar the 2016 for at least a handful of years. It has been nothing short of magnificent on the three occasions I have tasted it so far".