2025 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge

Auslieferung bis zum Herbst 2028!
Delivery until Fall 2028!

Impressive indeed. Domaine de Chevalier shows the strength of its late-ripening terroir in the 2025 vintage. The gravel soils rich in dark sands seem to release a quiet, almost enigmatic force under dry and hot conditions. The tannins are abundant, yet they remain silent, like a powerful figure standing in the shadows, allowing the fruit to take center stage. Bayberry juice unfolds gradually, while the sweet-sour profile of hawthorn confection builds layer by layer. A touch of red camellia rises through the middle, and a wisp of sandalwood, like drifting smoke, slowly disperses, leaving a subtle echo on the palate. Though 2025 is a vintage shaped by structure, what it ultimately delivers is a gentle, permeating sweetness that settles deep into the palate, understated yet impossible to ignore. This is the mark of true mastery, quietly held within.
96-97/100 Alexandre Ma

(Pessac-Léognan; 63% Cabernet Sauvignon; 30% Merlot; 5% Petit Verdot; 2% Cabernet Franc; a final yield of 34 hl/ha; pH 3.71; 12.5% alcohol; tasted three times, including at the UGCB press tasting at the Cité du Vin). Gorgeous. Plump red berry fruits, freshly plucked and hulled - strawberry and raspberry, with a little mulberry, hazelnut shell and even a hint of frangipane. This is cool at the core and the product of a most gentle extraction. Crystalline and radiant when retasted at the UGCB press tasting. This is fresh but perfectly ripe and feels both vivid and lively on its feet. One of the most dynamic recent vintages of Domaine de Chevalier and one I love, though elévage will be important as this is lighter on its feet and does not have the density or viscosity of, say, 2022 or 2023.
95-97/100 Colin Hay

Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2025 Domaine de Chevalier Rouge strides confidently out of the glass with notes of cassis and fresh plums, followed by hints of pencil shavings, wild sage, and lilacs. The medium-bodied palate is velvety and refreshing with black fruit and floral layers, finishing long and fragrant. The blend is 30% Merlot, 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 5% Petit Verdot. The alcohol is 12.5% with a pH of 3.71.
95-97/100 Lisa Perrotti-Brown

Beautiful depths, precision and clarity on the aromatics, delivers juice and depth with clarity of cassis and blackcurrant flavour. There is still the grip of the vintage in terms of its structure, but this is an estate where you can feel totally confident that things will widen and deepen over ageing. 3.71pH. Harvest September 3 to 29. 30% new oak. In organic conversion. Derenoncourt Consultants, Olivier Bernard owner working with his sons Adrien and Hugo. Tasted twice.
94/100 Jane Anson