1988 Château Cheval Blanc- France, Bordeaux, Libournais, St. Émilion Grand Cru (6/11/2010)
Drunk from a magnum. Opens with notes of tree bark, green olives, and green pepercorns. But with time and air, the wine comes together and displays and seamless balance of spicy cassis, minerals, and wet soil. Complex, rich, and regal. More cerebral than sensual but clearly an exceptional wine. (95 pts.)
Opened with a lot of green notes, maybe stemmy. But over the evening this just kept changing and became more elegant and refined, though a hint of green, good green, was always there. Red fruit and pencil, this was an outstanding bottle of wine. From a mag. (95 pts.)
