Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 白騎士 2015 (OWC)

Description

By Jeb Dunnuck in 2017 (JD98)
If I had to pick the white of the vintage, it would be the 2015 Domaine Chevalier Blanc from proprietor Olivier Bernard. Based largely on Sauvignon Blanc (there’s around 30% Semillon) and from a 6-hectare parcel located just outside of Leognan, it offers sensational notes of citrus oil, liquid rock, caramelized limes, and a huge chalky/flinty minerality. Full-bodied, rich and concentrated, yet with bright acidity, it should drink well for 2-3 decades.

By James Suckling in 2018 (JS98)
Instantly impressive nose with pristine lemons and limes as well as subtly flinty, reductive notes. The palate has power and direction, not to mention impressive yeast lees influence and perfectly integrated oak. Power, impressive tension and length. Drink this young or with some considerable age.