Domaine De Chevalier 2018 – Pessac-Léognan, Grand Cru Classé de Graves

The nose is fruity, elegant, racy, beautifully defined, full of precision and offers straightness. This wine needs to be decanted. It reveals notes of lychee, nectarine, small notes of apple associated with small touches of quenette, citrus as well as fine hints of mandarine flowers, a racy minerality/flint, an imperceptible hint of grapefruit, fresh oak and fresh sap. The palate is fruity, well-balanced and offers a fresh/acidulous frame, a beautiful freshness/definition, suavity, deepness and sapidity. On the palate this wine expresses notes of juicy quenette, juicy/fresh nectarine, small notes of fresh pear associated with small touches of lemon, fresh pink lychee, fresh rose, flint as well as very discreet hints of racy minerality, fresh/toasted almond, fresh sap/fresh pine needle and an imperceptible hint of fresh/toasted oak. Good length. Appetence and sapidity on the persistence.