Descrizione

Château Cheval Blanc è un'icona di Bordeaux e uno dei vini più famosi al mondo. Classificato come Premier Grand Cru Classé A, ha vinto per la prima volta la medaglia d'oro all'Esposizione Universale di Parigi nel 1878. È un mix di Cabernet franc, Merlot e Cabernet sauvignon con un'incredibile capacità di invecchiamento. Questa annata è eccezionalee i critici la considerano una delle migliori dell'anno.

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Dettagli del prodotto

La cantina
Château Cheval Blanc
Tipo di vino
Rosso
Annata
2022
Alcool
14.0% vol.
Varietà
53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet franc, 1% Cabernet sauvignon
Altri formati disponibili:
Origine
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Degustazione

Vista
Colore rosso scuro, intenso e profondo.
Profumo
Profondo, potente e molto complesso. Ha aromi di violetta, ciliegia nera e ribes nero insieme a note di cacao e spezie.
Bocca
Corposo, strutturato, con una consistenza molto piacevole e tannini fini e levigati. Ha un finale lungo e accattivante.
Temperatura di servizio
Si consiglia di servirlo a 16 °C.

Vigna e preparazione

Dimensioni
39 ettari.
Suolo
Argilla e ghiaia.
Clima
Marittimo. Annata particolarmente calda. Una delle migliori degli ultimi anni.
Rendimento
27 ettolitri per ettaro.
Raccolto
La vendemmia è iniziata il 29 agosto.
Invecchiamento
Invecchiamento in barrique nuove di rovere francese.

Recensioni degli esperti

James Suckling:

Extremely perfumed, showing red roses and violets as well as hints of flower stems. A touch of sandalwood. This turns to blue fruits with such pure grape character, like smelling must. Savory, light brine and black olives. The palate is tight and refined before taking off at the end. The perfectly integrated tannins melt into the wine, giving it fascinating tension and intensity. 53% merlot, 46% cabernet franc and 1% cabernet sauvignon. Drink after 2028.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2022 Château Cheval Blanc has turned out beautifully in bottle, bursting from the glass with aromas of minty mulberries, licorice and rose petals mingled with hints of pipe tobacco and baking chocolate. Full-bodied, rich and velvety, it's layered and unctuous, with sweet, powdery tannins and a broad, enveloping profile, concluding with a long, fragrant finish. Flamboyant but controlled, this blend of 53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon spent only 12 months in barrique. There's no Petit Cheval this year, as what little wasn't deemed up to the level of the grand vin was sold off in bulk.

Wine Enthusiast:

The wine is very fine, elegant and impressive. It has depth and concentration, being very floral and offering great black fruits alongside the firm tannins. There is a lovely line of succulent fruit and acidity. Almost accessible now, it is really set for long-term aging. 

Jeb Dunnuck:

I was able to taste the 2022 Château Cheval Blanc in its individual components as well as a final blend, which is incredibly insightful when trying to understand a young barrel sample. The final blend is 53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon (which is similar to the 2010), and as always, it's resting in new barrels. A deep, concentrated, structured Cheval Blanc, it has beautiful cassis, violets, flowers, and chocolate-driven aromatics. These carry to a full-bodied, concentrated, structured 2022 that stays tight, focused, and firm on the palate, with very little in the way of baby fat, yet the tannins are fine and polished. With a stacked mid-palate and a great finish, this masculine, structured, dense, powerful 2022 is going to need a decade or more of bottle age, but it should be brilliant. 96-98+