Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2025
Pessac-Léognan Grand Cru Classé
Bordeaux, France
Regular price£429.00
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Arriving: Mid 2028
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| Style: White | Packaging: OWC |
| ABV: 13.5% | Closure: Cork |
| Organic: No | Drink from: 2028 |
| Biodynamic: No | Drink to: 2045 |
| Grapes: 75% Sauvignon Blanc; 25% Sémillon | |
Critic scores
93-95 RP, 91-93 NM, 97-99 AG, 98-99 JS, 95 JA, 96-98 DB
Critic reviews
"The Domaine de Chevalier 2025 Blanc reveals an expressive bouquet of white fruits—pear and white peach—alongside floral notes. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s dense yet remarkably fresh and precise, with a crystalline, ethereal profile. Both aromatic and concentrated, it combines depth with clarity, concluding with a long, ethereal and perfumed finish. Once again, this is a fine success and surely one of the most precise white wines produced in Bordeaux this year."
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc was picked from August 25 to September 6 at 38 hl/ha. It has a more backward, slightly reserved nose than I was expecting. It is keeping its cards hidden for now. The palate is well balanced, with good weight, fine density, touches of freshly sliced pear, stem ginger and lemon peel, though it feels linear and correct on the finish. Very fine, but I suspect it will reveal its true identity after bottling."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc gets my vote for the white wine of the vintage. Rich and powerful in the glass, but also beautifully vibrant, the 2025 dazzles from start to finish. Lemon confit, pear, slate, mint, white flowers and tangerine peel are some of the many aromas and flavors that develop over time. The 2025 is quite simply stunning. Don’t miss it!"
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"A tight and powerful wine with a precise and structured texture. Restrained, steely and racy. Goes on for minutes. So much intensity. A bright and shining white. Stunning balance. Alcohol 13.5%. A blend of 70% sauvignon blanc and 30% semillon."
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Straight from the first nose this is clearly one of the whites of the vintage. The most beautifully flinty and sculpted citrus and pear. Harvest August 25 to September 6. 33% new oak. In organic conversion. It's now been a decade of vineyard work to ensure that the white grapes are in the coolest part of the estate, and ageing takes place in a variety of differently sized barrels, with plenty of lees work that changes every year - so in 2024 they stirred through the December, this year only October because the richness was already there. In a word, they know what they are doing and you can rest easy."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"(Pessac-Léognan; 75% Sauvignon blanc; 25% Sémillon; 13.5% alcohol; tasted three times, the final time at the UGCB tasting at the Cité du Vin). So true to its identity that this would (or at least should be) an easy pick in a blind tasting (easier said than done I know). I love the apple skin crispness of this. Crunchy is the word; the more onomatopoeic 'croquant' even better. Bright, but rich, relaxed, authoritative and elqouent, this is fabulous. The spice is gentle but brings additional detail and interest, whilst never drawing attention away from the glorious florality and the zestiness of the fruit. Racy and vibrant, fresh and explosively sapid in the mid-palate before the rapier-like precision of the sculpted finish. There's great purity here and this seems to transcend the vintage."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com
Yohan Castaing, April 2026, RobertParker.com
"The 2025 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc was picked from August 25 to September 6 at 38 hl/ha. It has a more backward, slightly reserved nose than I was expecting. It is keeping its cards hidden for now. The palate is well balanced, with good weight, fine density, touches of freshly sliced pear, stem ginger and lemon peel, though it feels linear and correct on the finish. Very fine, but I suspect it will reveal its true identity after bottling."
Neal Martin, May 2026, Vinous.com
"The 2025 Domaine de Chevalier Blanc gets my vote for the white wine of the vintage. Rich and powerful in the glass, but also beautifully vibrant, the 2025 dazzles from start to finish. Lemon confit, pear, slate, mint, white flowers and tangerine peel are some of the many aromas and flavors that develop over time. The 2025 is quite simply stunning. Don’t miss it!"
Antonio Galloni, April 2026, Vinous.com
"A tight and powerful wine with a precise and structured texture. Restrained, steely and racy. Goes on for minutes. So much intensity. A bright and shining white. Stunning balance. Alcohol 13.5%. A blend of 70% sauvignon blanc and 30% semillon."
James Suckling, April 2026, JamesSuckling.com
"Straight from the first nose this is clearly one of the whites of the vintage. The most beautifully flinty and sculpted citrus and pear. Harvest August 25 to September 6. 33% new oak. In organic conversion. It's now been a decade of vineyard work to ensure that the white grapes are in the coolest part of the estate, and ageing takes place in a variety of differently sized barrels, with plenty of lees work that changes every year - so in 2024 they stirred through the December, this year only October because the richness was already there. In a word, they know what they are doing and you can rest easy."
Jane Anson, April 2026, JaneAnson.com
"(Pessac-Léognan; 75% Sauvignon blanc; 25% Sémillon; 13.5% alcohol; tasted three times, the final time at the UGCB tasting at the Cité du Vin). So true to its identity that this would (or at least should be) an easy pick in a blind tasting (easier said than done I know). I love the apple skin crispness of this. Crunchy is the word; the more onomatopoeic 'croquant' even better. Bright, but rich, relaxed, authoritative and elqouent, this is fabulous. The spice is gentle but brings additional detail and interest, whilst never drawing attention away from the glorious florality and the zestiness of the fruit. Racy and vibrant, fresh and explosively sapid in the mid-palate before the rapier-like precision of the sculpted finish. There's great purity here and this seems to transcend the vintage."
Colin Hay, May 2026, DrinksBusiness.com