Château Cheval Blanc (2003)
Château Cheval Blanc (2003)

US $402.99

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Cheval Blanc(1982)

Intense aromas of tar, blackberry and wet earth, with just a hint of tobacco and flowers. Full-bodied, chewy and long. Extracted, yet turns caressing and velvety in texture. Broad-shouldered and muscular for this estate.
Stephen Tanzer
International Wine Cellar
Issue 103, July/August 2002
95(+?)
July 2007
($650-$950) Saturated deep red, with a hint of development at the rim. Roasted nose dominated by toffee and tobacco. Wonderfully silky but without quite the exotic ripeness of the '90. Still, this offers uncanny retention of primary fruit. Expands inexorably on the finish and goes on and on. A wonderful bottle that still improving. (The bottle in the blind flight was slightly less impressive: Good full red, with a hint of amber at the rim. Slightly medicinal aromas of red fruits, cedar and tobacco leaf; comes across as distinctly cooler than the '90. Dense but penetrating and still read more...
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Robert Parker
The Wine Advocate
Issue 129
99/100
July 2007
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James Suckling
Wine Spectator
96/100
July 2007
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Wine Advocate # 102
Dec-95
100/100
April 2008
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Wine Advocate # 129
Jun-00
99/100
April 2008
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