1987 Domaine de Chevalier
Estimated value
Buying options
Tasting notes
65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc. Harvested 25 September to 9 October. Amber hue. Green and grassy on the nose. Lots of acidity, although there is still a hint of fruit. Little flavour, though. Sharp and acerbic on the finish. Very green. (JL)
Critic scores
Average Score
Robert Parker
Jancis Robinson MW
More reviews and scores
(magnum, tasted at dinner, not blind) Young, simple, quite sweet. Pretty. Delicate with a slightly drying finish. (JR)
This domaine consistently does fine work in off years, and the 1987 boasts a perfumed vanilla-scented bouquet, ripe raspberry and blackcurrant flavors, light to medium body, and soft tannins in the finish. Fully mature, it should be drunk up. Last tasted, 1/93.
About the producer
Since buying the property in 1983, the Bernard family has cemented Domaine de Chevalier’s reputation as one of the Graves’s finest red and white wine producers, known for their sophisticated and elegant wines.