Tasting Notes and Scores
This is has a very beautiful structure and length for a 2013. Full to medium body, ultra fine tannins and a long and lively finish. Impressive. Racy and refined. Tight still. Better in 2018 but pretty now.
– jamessuckling.com, Feb 2016
James Suckling
One of the best of the lineup, this has supple tannins, nuanced raspberry and redcurrant fruit, with lift and juice through the finish. Still an early drinker with higher acidity than in most years of this wine, but one that is worth seeking out and enjoying, with just a hint of the magic of these soils. 60% 1st wine with the rest divided into 20% Petit Cheval, with 20% declassified.
Tasted Feb 2022 - Jane Anson Inside Bordeaux
Decanter
Restrained at first, with a subtle tobacco leaf hint, this expands steadily and forcefully in the glass, revealing layers of warmed fig, macerated black currant and blackberry coulis fruit woven with notes of ganache, warm gravel and freshly brewed black tea. There's power in reserve, but this remains elegant overall. A great effort. Best from 2018 through 2028.
– James Molesworth (WineSpectator.com, March 2016)
Wine Spectator
The final blend of the 2013 Cheval Blanc is 53% Cabernet Franc and 47% Merlot. It is a light- to medium-bodied, but stylish, perfumed, complex wine exhibiting hints of forest floor, raspberries and underbrush in a gentle, nicely textured style that builds incrementally in the mouth. Attractive fruit and substance give the wine more completeness than many of its peers. Administrator Pierre Lurton compares it, in a positive manner, to the style of the 2001, but I do not think it has quite the richness of that vintage. Nevertheless, this is an early-maturing, easygoing Cheval Blanc to drink in its first 10-12 years of life. Drink 20014-2026.
89-91 points – Robert Parker (Wine Advocate #214, Aug 2014)
Wine Advocate
Quality 820 | Brand 995 | Economics 758 |
buzz brand
Quality: Predicted life of 15 years, one of the longest drinking windows in its peer group, which averages 10 years
Brand: Strong restaurant presence, featuring on 40 of the world's top wine lists, including Garibaldi
Economics: More traded at auction than its peers, its top 5 vintages having seen 2,982 75cl equivalent bottles traded in the past year
Production: Lower yields than its peer group average of 33 hl/ha
- www.wine-lister.com June 2017
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