Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Blanc 2010 CRV dark chocolate

dark chocolate

creamy oak-aged complexity underneath

and Castello di Verduno owns prime fruit at the crest of the hill

Cannonnau (old Catalan Grenache grown in Sardinia)

blueberry and notes of saddle leather backed by crushed stones

Domaine de Chevalier Pessac Leognan Blanc 2010 CRV dark chocolateOne of the great white Bordeaux of a legendary vintage, now hitting full stride at fifteen years old. Domaine de Chevalier, under the Bernard family's stewardship in Pessac Leognan, has long been a benchmark for white Graves, blending Sauvignon Blanc and Semillon and fermenting in barrel for layered complexity. The 2010 vintage delivered a wine of unusual concentration and structure, with the minerality and tension that have always defined this