1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc Bordeaux - 100 pts - 750ml

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1947 Chateau Cheval Blanc Bordeaux - 100 pts!!

Château Cheval Blanc is a property in the Saint-Émilion region of Bordeaux, classified with the top ranking of Premier Grand Cru Classé A. It is regarded by many as the greatest wine of the appellation, and is certainly the most famous Cabernet Franc-based wine in the world. Typically the grand vin is lush and full bodied with great weight of fruit. It tends to require 10 years of bottle age and the best vintages can last half a century or more. The second wine is Le Petit Cheval.

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Varietal	Bordeaux Blend
Vintage	1947
Rating	100 RP
Bottle Size	750 ml
Bottle Quantity	1
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Location	St Emilion
Producer	Cheval Blanc
Color	Red
Wine Type	Table

Winery Details

Varietal	Bordeaux Blend
Vintage	1947
Rating	100 RP
Bottle Size	750 ml
Bottle Quantity	1
Country	France
Region	Bordeaux
Location	St Emilion
Producer	Cheval Blanc
Color	Red
Wine Type	Table

Robert Parker

Rating	100 RP - What can I say about this mammoth wine that is more like port than dry red table wine? The 1947 Cheval Blanc exhibits such a thick texture it could double as motor oil. The huge nose of fruitcake chocolate leather coffee and Asian spices is mind-boggling. The unctuous texture and richness of sweet fruit are amazing. Consider the fact that this wine is technically appallingly deficient in acidity and excessively high in alcohol. Moreover its volatile acidity levels would be considered intolerable by modern day oenologists. Yet how can they explain that after 47 years the wine is still remarkably fresh phenomenally concentrated and profoundly complex? It has to make you wonder about the direction of modern day winemaking. Except for one dismal murky troubled volatile double-magnum this wine has been either perfect or nearly perfect every time I have had it. But beware there are numerous fraudulent bottles particularly magnums of 1947 Cheval Blanc in the marketplace. Having a 1947 Cheval Blanc served out of an impeccably stored magnum three times over the last three years made me once again realize what a great job I have. The only recent Bordeaux vintages that come even remotely close to the richness texture and viscosity of so many of these right bank 1947s are 1982 and 1990. RP

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100 RP - What can I say about this mammoth wine that is more like port than dry red table wine? The 1947 Cheval Blanc exhibits such a thick texture it could double as motor oil. The huge nose of fruitcake chocolate leather coffee and Asian spices is mind-boggling. The unctuous texture and richness of sweet fruit are amazing. Consider the fact that this wine is technically appallingly deficient in acidity and excessively high in alcohol. Moreover its volatile acidity levels would be considered intolerable by modern day oenologists. Yet how can they explain that after 47 years the wine is still remarkably fresh phenomenally concentrated and profoundly complex? It has to make you wonder about the direction of modern day winemaking. Except for one dismal murky troubled volatile double-magnum this wine has been either perfect or nearly perfect every time I have had it. But beware there are numerous fraudulent bottles particularly magnums of 1947 Cheval Blanc in the marketplace. Having a 1947 Cheval Blanc served out of an impeccably stored magnum three times over the last three years made me once again realize what a great job I have. The only recent Bordeaux vintages that come even remotely close to the richness texture and viscosity of so many of these right bank 1947s are 1982 and 1990. RP