Description

Domaine de Chevalier is a rare property in Bordeaux that makes not just one of the world’s finest red wines, but one of the greatest whites as well. Only Haut-Brion and La Mission Haut-Brion (significantly located in Pessac-Léognan, just like Domaine de Chevalier) enjoy similar reputations for both their red and white wines. However, the area of Pessac (where Haut-Brion and La Mission are located) and that of Léognan couldn’t be more different from each other, and so are the resulting wines.

Chevalier’s red wine is not in the rich, fleshy style of Haut-Brion, and is more subtle and more mineral than the one made at La Mission Haut-Brion. But although Domaine de Chevalier rouge rarely displays showy, plump ripe fruit when young, it unfailingly develops into a wine of real breed and finesse.

In 1983 the estate was purchased by the Bernard family, major negociants of premium Bordeaux wines and has been run ever since by Olivier Bernard, who perpetuates that spirit of balance and the constant drive for perfection which have been the hallmark of this outstanding wine.