Château Cheval Blanc Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru 2005

100 points Parker: The 2005 from Cheval Blanc is a quintessentially elegant, beautiful, deep bluish/ruby-colored wine from St.-Emilion, with raspberry, blueberry, and floral notes, impressive density, great precision, freshness and purity. Full-bodied, but extremely light on its feet, I don’t mean to gush, but it is super-intense, rich and just so meticulously crafted! This is another fabulous wine and a perfect expression for this vintage. It is difficult to forget the gorgeous blueberry and raspberry fruit, full body, sweet tannin, a multi-layered texture, and purity and palate presence of this stunning wine. Drink it over the next 20 years. P.S. In 2005, this was 50% Cabernet Franc and 50% Merlot

100 Punkte Falstaff Dunkles Rubingranat, violette Reflexe, zarte Randaufhellung. In der Nase intensive, exotische Gewürzanklänge, feinstes rotbeeriges Konfit, zarte Reifenuancen in der Frucht, Noten von reifen Pflaumen, ein Hauch von blättriger, mineralischer Cabernet-Franc-Würze. Am Gaumen feste, süße Tannine, hochelegant, perfekt strukturiert, dunkler Fruchtschmelz, delikater Wein, ausgestattet mit wirklich überzeugender Länge, tolles Zukunftspotenzial.