L'Esprit De Chevalier 2018
- Producer Domaine de Chevalier
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Blend
55% Cabernet Sauvignon
40% Merlot
5% Petit Verdot - Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pessac-Leognan
- UPC 3760111816156
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Item# 1844-18
James Suckling
95pt
Wine Spectator
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Wine Enthusiast
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Description
Since 1986, the planting of young vines has meant that the Domaine de Chevalier had to craft a second wine, in both white and red. L’ESPRIT… The Spirit is also a way of making a wine. The Bernard Family, by calling its second wine L’ESPRIT DE CHEVALIER, wanted above all for it to carry the hall-mark of Chevalier and to reflect the « Spirit » of the estate, combining powerfulness and complexity but also finesse and elegance in total respect of the terroir. The red L’ESPRIT DE CHEVALIER is aged for 14 months in oak barrels, one third of which are renewed each year. It is an appealing wine, ready to be appreciated between 3 and 5 years earlier than the main wine.
Estate
The Domaine de Chevalier located in Léognan, the Capital town of the Graves Region has a long history. It appears on the famous map of Pierre de Belleyme in 1783. In 1983 the estate was purchased by the Bernard Fami-ly, N° 1 in France on the spirits market and a major negociant of premium Bordeaux wines. It has been run ever since by Olivier Bernard who perpetuates that spirit of balance and the constant drive for perfection which have been the hallmark of this outstanding wine. The red Domaine de Chevalier, the flagship of the Pessac-Léognan appellation belongs to the elite of the great classified growths of Bordeaux. The white Domaine de Chevalier is recognized as one of the world’s finest dry wines.
Vinification
Hand-picked, in small crates. Grapes are carefully sorted in the vineyard as well as before and after destemming. The final wine is then aged for 14 months in barrels.
