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Chateau Cheval Blanc 2024

Name: Chateau Cheval Blanc 2024
Brand: Chateau Cheval Blanc
SKU: ENP10147
Price: 703.26 NZD
Availability: InStock

First payment

$703.26

Estimated second payment: $ 112.35

Total estimated payment: $815.61

This wine is offered En Primeur, the first payment due in August this year. The second payment containing the duty, taxes and GST is due on arrival to New Zealand in two years time. The estimated second payment and estimated total are shown here once the wine is released and ready for request.

94-96/100William Kelley

A blend of 48% Cabernet Franc, 48% Merlot and the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, the 2024 Château Cheval Blanc is one of the stars of the vintage. Unwinding in the glass with notes of minty berries and plums mingled with violets, cigar wrapper and rose petals, it's medium-bodied, suave and complete, with a cool, layered core of fruit, beautifully integrated tannins and a long, aromatic finish. Pierre-Olivier Clouet and his team conducted an aggressive green harvest and also, exceptionally, used densimetric sorting to mitigate heterogenous maturity between and within bunches (a consequence of a protracted flowering), accepting losses to rot in pursuit of full maturity. Yields were 39 hectoliters per hectare at harvest, but some 34% of that was eliminated between sorting and press wine (which is never retained at Cheval Blanc). Of what fermented, however, 70% ended up in the grand vin.

92-94/100 Antonio Galloni

The 2024 Cheval Blanc is a blend taken from 37 of the 45 parcels on the property. Dried flowers, mocha, rose petal and blood orange open nicely in the bouquet, leading to an understated mid-palate and a subtly persistent finish. Understated and nuanced, the 2024 offers lovely forward fruit in a soft, accessible style with no hard edges or awkward contours. All the elements are nicely put together, and yet there is no denying the fact that the 2024 is very light. Élevage will be everything here.

94/100 Jane Anson

Lilac, peony flowers, same family of aromatics as the Petit Cheval, same feeling of finesse and precision, but here everything has been taken up a notch, more density, more slate and pumice stone texture. Expect subtle complexity, a wine that steals up on you, impresses in its precision and clarity. July and August just 20mm of rain each month, well below 30 year average, 140mm rain in September, highest since 2006, harvest September 18 to October 3, 3.62ph (3.9ph in 2022), 37 plots out of the 56 in the vineyard are in here. 100% new oak for ageing. Looking forward to seeing after ageing, it has all the elements and bones in place for a totally delicious Cheval.

94-97/100 Thomas Parker MW

Bright purple colour. One of the best aromatic profiles in 2024 hits immediately with this Cheval Blanc. Gun smoke sparks, violets and iris, cocoa powder, bitter chocolate and rosemary all form over pure red fruits. The palate is led by this cherry-accented core, together with more pressed flowers, fresh sage and roasted woody herbs. This is crunchy and quite firm for the vintage without losing its mid-palate sheen of fruit. Cleverly judged wood adds sweetness and intrigue here and there without losing purity or focus. As Pierre-Olivier Clouet says, this wine is long rather than large. Chiselled and very well done for the vintage. This will need patience.

93-95/100 Neal Martin

The 2024 Cheval Blanc was picked from September 18 until October 3 and aged entirely in new oak with a little dabbling in concrete tanks and amphorae. The purity on the nose is the first facet that you notice with perfumed black cherry, blackcurrant, wild strawberry and touches of potpourri and crushed stone. There is certainly some mineralité here. The palate is medium-bodied with slightly brittle tannins. Very well balanced, this is clearly a Cheval Blanc built in a more elegant, sapid, linear style with a residual pepperiness that lingers in the mouth. It will need just 2 or 3 years in bottle and should drink well for 20 to 25 years. The 2024 is charming and refined. 2029 - 2050

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