Description

Le Château Cheval Blanc est une véritable icône de Bordeaux et l'un des vins les plus prestigieux au monde. Classé Premier Grand Cru Classé A, il a remporté pour la première fois la médaille d'or à l'Exposition universelle de Paris en 1878. Il s'agit d'un coupage de Cabernet franc, Merlot et Cabernet sauvignon, doté d'une grande capacité de garde.

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millésime est exceptionnelet les critiques le considèrent comme l'un des meilleurs de l'année

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Le domaine
Château Cheval Blanc
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2022
Alcool
14.0% vol.
Cépage
53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet franc, 1% Cabernet sauvignon
Autres formats disponibles:
Origine
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Dégustation

Vue
De couleur rouge foncé, intense et profonde.
Nez
Profond, puissant et très corsé. Il offre des arômes de violette, de cerise noire et de cassis, accompagnés de notes de cacao et d'épices.
Bouche
Corps, structure, texture très agréable et tanins fins et polis. Finale longue et captivante.
Température de service
Il est recommandé de servir à 16 °C.

Vignoble et élaboration

Size
39 hectares.
Sol
Argile et graviers.
Climat
Maritime. Millésime particulièrement chaud. L'un des meilleurs millésimes de ces dernières années.
Rendement
27 hectolitres par hectare.
Vendanges
La Vendange a débuté le 29 août.
Elevage
Rouge crianza en fûts de chêne français neufs.

L'avis des experts

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+