Château Cheval Blanc 2018 – Saint-Emilion Grand Cru, 1er Grand Cru Classé A

The nose is elegant, racy and offers power (in finesse), delicacy as well as a beautiful fleshy/juicy/well-built fruit. It reveals notes of fleshy/juicy blackberry, pulpy cassis and small notes of violet plum associated with touches of violet, toasted, fleshy wild blueberry, nutmeg, toasted almond, a subtle hint of black cherry, racy minerality and graphite. The palate is fruity, fresh, well-balanced and offers juiciness, a fine acidulous frame, a good freshness, subtility, a beautiful dimension, deepness tension, complexity, finesse, harmony, a very beautiful finesse of the grain as well as elegance. On the palate this wine expresses notes of pulpy/juicy cassis, juicy blackberry, small notes of violet, chocolate, tonka bean/cocoa, caramelization as well as very fine hints of pencil lead, fig and toasted. A wine just like a square of silk.