Descrição

O Château Cheval Blanc é um ícone de Bordéus e um dos vinhos mais prestigiados do mundo. Classificado como Premier Grand Cru Classé A, ganhou pela primeira vez a medalha de ouro na Exposição Universal de Paris em 1878. É um coupage de Cabernet franc, Merlot e Cabernet sauvignon com uma enorme capacidade de envelhecimento. Esta é uma colheita extraordinária e os críticos consideram-no uma das grandes referências do ano.

A entrega deste vinho está prevista para o segundo trimestre de 2025.

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Detalhes do produto

A adega
Château Cheval Blanc
Tipo
Tinto
Colheita
2022
Álcool
14.0% vol.
Variedade
53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet franc, 1% Cabernet sauvignon
Origem
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru

Prova

Vista
Cor vermelha escura, intensa, profunda.
Nariz
Profundo, poderoso e muito complexo. Apresenta aromas de violetas, cereja preta e cassis, bem como notas de cacau e especiarias.
Boca
Encorpado, bem estruturado, com uma textura muito agradável e taninos finos e polidos. Apresenta um final longo e cativante.
Temperatura de servir
É recomendado servi-lo a 16 ºC.

Vinha e preparação

Solo
Argila e cascalho.
Clima
Marítimo. Uma colheita particularmente quente. Uma das melhores dos últimos anos.
Rendimento
27 hectolitros por hectare.
Colheita
A vindima começou a 29 de agosto.
Envelhecimento
Estágio em barricas novas de carvalho francês.

Avaliação dos especialistas

James Suckling:

Extremely perfumed, showing red roses and violets as well as hints of flower stems. A touch of sandalwood. This turns to blue fruits with such pure grape character, like smelling must. Savory, light brine and black olives. The palate is tight and refined before taking off at the end. The perfectly integrated tannins melt into the wine, giving it fascinating tension and intensity. 53% merlot, 46% cabernet franc and 1% cabernet sauvignon. Drink after 2028.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2022 Château Cheval Blanc has turned out beautifully in bottle, bursting from the glass with aromas of minty mulberries, licorice and rose petals mingled with hints of pipe tobacco and baking chocolate. Full-bodied, rich and velvety, it's layered and unctuous, with sweet, powdery tannins and a broad, enveloping profile, concluding with a long, fragrant finish. Flamboyant but controlled, this blend of 53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon spent only 12 months in barrique. There's no Petit Cheval this year, as what little wasn't deemed up to the level of the grand vin was sold off in bulk.

Wine Enthusiast:

The wine is very fine, elegant and impressive. It has depth and concentration, being very floral and offering great black fruits alongside the firm tannins. There is a lovely line of succulent fruit and acidity. Almost accessible now, it is really set for long-term aging. 

Jeb Dunnuck:

I was able to taste the 2022 Château Cheval Blanc in its individual components as well as a final blend, which is incredibly insightful when trying to understand a young barrel sample. The final blend is 53% Merlot, 46% Cabernet Franc, and 1% Cabernet Sauvignon (which is similar to the 2010), and as always, it's resting in new barrels. A deep, concentrated, structured Cheval Blanc, it has beautiful cassis, violets, flowers, and chocolate-driven aromatics. These carry to a full-bodied, concentrated, structured 2022 that stays tight, focused, and firm on the palate, with very little in the way of baby fat, yet the tannins are fine and polished. With a stacked mid-palate and a great finish, this masculine, structured, dense, powerful 2022 is going to need a decade or more of bottle age, but it should be brilliant. 96-98+