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2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, Pessac-Léognan, Bordeaux
- White
- Dry
- Full Bodied
- Sauvignon Blanc (75%), Sémillon (25%)
Ready - youthful
(Drink 2024 - 2035)
- James Lawther MW
- 17+/20
- William Kelley
- 94-96/100
- Neal Martin
- 95-97/100
- Jane Anson MW
- 95/100
- James Suckling
- 98-99/100
Product: 20211173547
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Description
Sauvignon Blanc 75%; Sémillon 25%
This is a perfect vintage for the white, Olivier Bernard believes. The grapes achieved maximum ripeness after a long, slow maturation under cool skies. An entire lexicon of descriptions applies: honeysuckle, acacia, white pear, lilac, apricot; this wine has it all. It is still bursting with energy, much like the 2017 in that respect. But there is more texture and layering in this wine and it’s somehow more reflective. This is one for the medium and long term.
Drink 2027 - 2045
Our score: 18.5/20
Berry Bros. & Rudd
Colour White
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2021
Alcohol % 13.5%
Maturity Ready - youthful
(2024 - 2035)
Grape List Sauvignon Blanc (75%), Sémillon (25%)
Body Full Bodied
Producer Domaine De Chevalier
Critics reviews
James Lawther MW 17+/20
Restrained, as it always is, on the nose. Though on the palate there’s a certain blossomy opulence. And impressive persistence. Based on how this wine tastes and the track record of the château, this should be a real long-distance runner… Minerals and citrus and a light lanolin character with great undertow and interest. But still pretty youthful and unformed.
Drink 2025 - 2045
William Kelley 94-96/100
The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc is shaping up brilliantly, bursting with aromas of citrus oil, gooseberries, crisp stone fruit, white flowers and pastry cream. Medium to full-bodied, satiny and layered, it's a concentrated, textural wine that displays terrific cut and tension, allying racy acidity with chalky, structuring dry extract.
Neal Martin 95-97/100
The 2021 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, picked September 13–23 at 40hL/ha, has a captivating, complex bouquet of yellow flowers, white peach, wet limestone and just a faint hint of elderflower in the background. The taut palate is well-balanced with a superb line of acidity. Conveying tangible energy from start to finish, this builds in the mouth toward a persistent finish that fans out gloriously. One of the best Domaine de Chevalier whites that I have tasted in 20-plus years.
Drink 2026 - 2055
Jane Anson MW 95/100
Impactful from the first moment, reinforcing the success they have had in both colours in the vintage. So much flavour and texture, with lemongrass, gunsmoke, orange peel, pineapple, mango, slate, apricot pit, offering grip and length. Tasted several times and it always delivered juice, control and excitement. One of the wines of the vintage.
Drink 2026 - 2040
James Suckling 98-99/100
This is always an impressive white, with a lengthy, layered and compact palate. Lots of dried lemon, clove, fennel, green-apple and cedar. Flint and toast, too. Medium to full body. Incredibly long.
About this wine
Pessac-Léognan
In 1986 a new communal district was created within Graves, based on the districts of Pessac and Léognan. Pessac-Léognan has the best soils of the region, very similar to those of the Médoc, although the depth of gravel is more variable, and contains all the classed growths of the region. Some of its great names, including Ch. Haut-Brion, even sit serenely and resolutely in Bordeaux's southern urban sprawl.
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