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Chateau Cheval Blanc 1998

Chateau Cheval Blanc 1998

£809.00 per bottle

In Bond, excludes duty and VAT · 1x75cl

1 bottle available

From one of our suppliers. Usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.

Critic scores 100 Wine AdvocateLisa Perrotti-Brown, 2018 95 VinousNeal Martin, 2018 Read the notes ↓Scores supplied through Liv-ex
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Chateau Cheval Blanc 1998, offered In Bond from one of our suppliers, usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed, in 1x75cl, 6x75cl and 12x75cl. Choose a size above; the price shown is for the size chosen, In Bond UK.

Duty and VAT are payable only if you later withdraw the wine from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.

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Price per bottle £809.00 In Bond, excludes duty and VAT

1 available, 1x75cl

Offered in bond. Duty and VAT are not included and become payable only if the wine is withdrawn from bond. Transfers between bonded accounts are arranged by our team after purchase.

This wine comes from one of our suppliers and is usually ready 6 to 8 weeks after your order is confirmed.

Offered subject to availability. We confirm every wine with the supplier before your order is finalised, and contact you the same working day if anything has changed.

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Format
1x75cl
Vintage
1998
Producer
Chateau Cheval Blanc
Origin
Saint-Émilion, France
Type
Red
Duty status
In Bond
Availability
From our supplier, 6 to 8 weeks

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What the critics say

100 WAWine Advocate, Lisa Perrotti-Brown, 31-05-2018

The 1998 Cheval Blanc, a blend of 65% Merlot and 35% Cabernet Franc, is deep garnet-brick in color and absolutely explodes with scents of exotic spices, incense, dried roses, cigar box and licorice, with a core of crème de cassis and dried cherries plus touches of black tea and dusty earth. Medium to full-bodied, it fills the mouth with rich, plushly textured fruit and then POW—it hits the mid-palate with an explosion of Chinese five spice and floral perfume sparks, leading to an epically long finish. This cannot fail to impress and can easily cellar for another 30 years or more.

Drink 2018 to 2048

95 VMVinous, Neal Martin, 01-05-2018

The 1998 Cheval Blanc has been a lauded wine ever since release. I have often, quite controversially felt that it never quite matched its startling performances in its first ten years, though it remains and excellent wine. Now at 20-years old it offers opulent, high-toned scents of maraschino cherry, iodine, crème de cassis, dried blood and a subtle, almost Provençal herb-like scent courtesy of the Cabernet Franc. The palate is medium-bodied with fine grip, showy compared to other vintages of Cheval Blanc with sappy red fruit and a fine structured that lends this 1998 focus. Perhaps this bottle did not quite deliver the intensity on the finish that I was expecting, jogging instead of sprinting over the finish line. That said, it is a very impressive wine, even if personally I would not put it amongst the very best wines that Pierre Lurton has overseen. Tasted at Cheval Blanc.

Drink 2018 to 2045

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