1987 Cheval Blanc
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The 1987 Cheval Blanc is a successful wine - for the vintage. The spicy, herbaceous, sweet nose is followed by a precocious, round, fruity, light-bodied wine without much grip or structure. It does possess delicious, weedy, curranty fruit buttressed by gobs of sweet, smoky oak. It is a seductive wine for drinking now, but it will not keep. Last tasted, 6/93.
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A very tasty wine for current drinking. Medium ruby, with perfumed plum aromas. medium-bodied, with delicious poum flavors. light tannins and a medium finish. drink 1990 to '92.--Cheval-Blanc vertical.-James Suckling, Wine Spectator 1991
The 1987 Cheval Blanc is a successful wine - for the vintage. The spicy, herbaceous, sweet nose is followed by a precocious, round, fruity, light-bodied wine without much grip or structure. It does possess delicious, weedy, curranty fruit buttressed by gobs of sweet, smoky oak. It is a seductive wine for drinking now, but it will not keep. Last tasted, 6/93. Aug 1993, www.robertparker.com
About the producer
Ch. Cheval Blanc is one the finest producers in Bordeaux. The Saint-Emilion estate’s Cabernet Franc-dominant wines are consistently among the top wines of the vintage.