Appellation: St. Emilion
RP Score: 100/100
Best Drink Period: 2017-2034
Suggested Decanting Time: 3 hours
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RegionBORDEAUX, France
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Grape50% Merlot
- 50% Cabernet Franc
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Bottle Size75CL
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ColourRed
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SweetnessDry
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BodyFull-Bodied
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Food MatchRoast Beef
- Lamb
- Stew
Critic Reviews
Robert Parker - Wine Advocate (June 2015)
The 2005 from Cheval Blanc is a quintessentially elegant, beautiful, deep bluish/ruby-colored wine from St.-Emilion, with raspberry, blueberry, and floral notes, impressive density, great precision, freshness and purity. Full-bodied, but extremely light on its feet, I don’t mean to gush, but it is super-intense, rich and just so meticulously crafted! This is another fabulous wine and a perfect expression for this vintage. It is difficult to forget the gorgeous blueberry and raspberry fruit, full body, sweet tannin, a multi-layered texture, and purity and palate presence of this stunning wine.
James Suckling - JamesSuckling.com (October 2015)
Always a fabulous nose of black fruit, dark chocolate, nuts and spices. It's full-bodied with beautifully dense tannins reminiscent of cashmere. A long, long finish rounds out this beautiful wine.
Stephen Tanzer - International Wine Cellar
Good deep ruby-red. Knockout nose offers terrific vinosity to the aromas of dark raspberry, mocha, minerals, licorice, menthol and dark chocolate. Lush, fat and suave, with superb energy and lift to the fine-grained, palate-staining flavors. Despite its rather high 14% alcohol, this boasts near-perfect balance and finishes with outstanding verve.
Michel Bettane - Decanter Magazine (April 2006)
A lovely Cheval-Blanc, with ultra-elegant red fruits and violet aromas, silky texture, refined tannins.