2022, Domaine de Chevalier Blanc, PESSAC-LÉOGNAN, Grand Cru Classé des GravesBordeaux Blend: Sauvignon Blanc, Smillon A deep and layered white with rich and intense structure. Its full yet agile with so much energy and intensity. Cooked apple, lime zest and nougat with oyster and sea bed undertones. Fascinating already. 98 99 James Suckling. Notes of fresh pineapple, orange blossoms, lime cordial, and juicy pears, giving way to wafts of honeysuckle and cedar. The medium bodied palate is electric with citrus and tropical fruit

licorice and burning embers

a little hollow on the mid-palate with a "bony" finish

Real purity and freshness

So much class in the nose with a sophisticated kaleidoscope of dark fruit such as blackcurrants

The palate is medium-bodied with fine grain tannins that frame layered limestone-infused black fruit

97 James Suckling

not yet showing its heart

and the grand vin is entirely Merlot this year

20% cabernet franc and 3% cabernet sauvignon

there is nothing to exuberant in the fruits but it exudes deft confidence

This is impressive

Should be better than the 2015