Domaine de Chevalier

Pessac-Léognan

2020

Blend

65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Merlot, 5% Petit Verdot, 3% Cabernet Franc

Wine designation

Château Domaine de Chevalier, Red, 2020
Category: Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru Classé des Graves, Bordeaux

Food pairing

Pair with some of Bordeaux’s finest dishes: an entrecôte with a red wine and shallot sauce to a roasted duck with a Porto reduction.

Domaine de Chevalier

Pessac-Léognan

2020

Tasting notes

Pouring a deep red that reveals a purity of fruit with blackcurrants, blackberries, orange and hot pebbles under the sun. Structured and length on the palate with dense freshly picked grapes.

Vineyard

Vineyard size: 50 hectares
Soil composition: Mixed gravel surface with a clay-gravel subsoil.

Winemaking

Fermentation container: Pre-sorted in the vines, then using the optical sorting table.
Maceration technique: Temperature controlled tanks using gravity – 3 weeks vatting time (stainless, concrete and wooden vats).
Aging: Oak Barrels
18 months with 35% new oak barrels.
Type of oak: French
Bottles produced: 100 000
Winemaker: Thomas Stonestreet
Consulting œnologist: Stéphane Derenoncourt

Heritage in the vineyard

Domaine

Dating back to the 17th century, when the domaine was referred to Chivaley. Domaine de Chevalier would be linked to the Saint-Jacques de Compostela path that borders the edge of the estate. In 1983, Olivier Bernard would take control of the estate, bringing it to new heights.

Green in the vineyard

Environmental practices

A vineyard run according to sustainable agriculture, the objective being to optimize economic performance by controlling inputs, to limit their environmental impacts. Additionally, half the estate is conducted using organic practices, with the idea to slowly convert the entire estate.