Descripción

Vino clasificado como Primer Grand Cru Classé “A” de Burdeos. Coupage de Cabernet Sauvignon y Merlot en proporciones muy similares que suele someterse a una crianza superior a los dos años. Capacidad de guarda que supera las tres décadas.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
Château Cheval Blanc
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2013
Grado
14.0% vol.
Variedad
52% Cabernet Sauvignon y 48% Merlot
Origen
Saint-Emilion

Cata

Temperatura de servicio
Entre 16ºC y 18ºC
Consumo
Hasta 2050.
Maridaje
Platos contundentes, carnes, guisos y platos de caza.

Opinión de los críticos

The Wine Advocate:

"The final blend for the 2012 Cheval Blanc was 54% Merlot and 46% Cabernet Franc. Despite the use of 100% new oak, there is not a hint of vanillin, toast or espresso notes in the aromatic bouquet, which is filled with scents of black currants, sweet cherries, lavender, forest floor and a hint of underbrush. Concentrated with a surprisingly lofty alcohol level of 13.9% as well as a tannin level that equals their 2010 (a wine bestowed a three-digit score), this full-bodied, opulent 2012 has a pH of 3.8, which accounts for its suppleness, velvety texture and heady richness. It is a great success in this vintage. It will be approachable early given its silky structural aspects, and should last for two decades".