Domaine de Chevalier Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé 2016 i trækasse

Jeb Dunnuck

This deep purple-hued beauty boasts a powerful bouquet of tobacco smoke, damp earth, gravelly, rocky minerality, wood smoke, and loads of dark fruits. Full-bodied, deep, concentrated yet incredibly elegant and seamless on the palate, it’s a legendary Chevalier in the making.

Vinous

... a thrilling wine. Dense and beautifully layered, the 2016 is also quite a bit richer than it usually is. Cabernet Sauvignon aromatics and structure pulse through the wine. The red-toned fruit is incredibly primary at this stage ... It has been nothing short of magnificent on the three occasions I have tasted it so far.

James Suckling

Aromas of blackberries, red and dark plums, cedar and gravel, as well as red flowers and brown-leaf tea. It offers a very sleek and powerful array of ripe dark fruit and a very plush, focused and elegant bed of fresh, fine and powerful tannins.

Andreas Larsson, Tasted

Youthful, intense nose with fine layers, elegant oak and mild smokiness, coffee, classical inky dark fruit and tobacco notes. The palate is dense but rounded with grainy extract, voluminous and layered with tobacco scented dark fruit with a very long and fine-tuned finish.

Jeff Leve, The Wine Cellar Insider

There is a depth of color and an even better depth of flavor. Smoke a Cohiba Behike in a fruit orchard and you get the idea of the perfume. On the palate, there are layers of elegant, silky textured fruits with sweetness, purity and richness. The finish keeps on going. The wine here is known for aging, so give it 12 years or more before opening a bottle and drink over the next 20-25 years, at least! There is no doubt, this is the finest vintage of Domaine de Chevalier Rouge ever produced, although the 2018 could be even better in the years to come! 97 Points

Decanter

Wine Enthusiast

Wine Spectator

The core of fruit flavor here is sappy and dense, with lots of kirsch, raspberry pâte de fruit and plum reduction notes, yet this stays fresh and racy overall, with a bright iron spine, flashes of tea and tobacco and a long finish that shows a wonderful infusion of alder and tobacco flavors. Offers a lovely combination of prodigious fruit details, with a tug of earth. Best from 2024 through 2038. 12,000 cases made. — JM

The Wine Independent

Markus del Monego MW

Tastingbook.com

Jean-Marc Quarin

Andrew Caillard MW

Jeannie Cho Lee

Izak Litwar, Great Bordeaux Wines

Robert Parker