2024 Cheval Blanc

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2027!
Delivery until Fall 2027!

Lilac, peony flowers, same family of aromatics as the Petit Cheval, same feeling of finesse and precision, but here everything has been taken up a notch, more density, more slate and pumice stone texture. Expect subtle complexity, a wine that steals up on you, impresses in its precision and clarity. July and August just 20mm of rain each month, well below 30 year average, 140mm rain in September, highest since 2006, harvest September 18 to October 3, 3.62ph (3.9ph in 2022), 37 plots out of the 56 in the vineyard are in here. 100% new oak for ageing. Looking forward to seeing after ageing, it has all the elements and bones in place for a totally delicious Cheval.
94/100 Jane Anson

(Saint-Émilion; 46% Merlot; 48% Cabernet Franc; 6% Cabernet Sauvignon; a vineyard yield of 39 hl/ha, reduced to 28 hl/ha in the tanks after strict densimetric sorting; tasted at the property with Pierre Olivier Clouet). “A vintage from the 1970s vinified with 21st century techniques”, says Pierre Olivier Clouet – as ever, he’s right! Gorgeous aromatically. Lifted, plump, plush, succulent, very classical in a way – cedar, graphite, pencil-shavings, dark berry and stone fruits. Black cherry, bramble and blackberry, a little cassis and blueberry, above all with just a little aeration in the mouth. Much more ample than Petit Cheval and with a gorgeous natural sweetness. Walnut, almost frangipane and a little gentle toasted note. Very gathered on the finish. Very fresh, above all with a gently lift towards the fantail that forms the finish and releases the sapidity. Vivid but also classical and stylish in its elegance – but not a manufactured elegance. Poised, coiled and very promising.
95-97/100+ Colin Hay; The Drinks Business