Château Cheval Blanc 1985
Château Cheval Blanc 1985 is a red wine from Saint-Émilion in Bordeaux, classified as Premier Grand Cru Classé A. It brings together 58% Cabernet Franc and 42% Merlot. The Wine Advocate awards it 95/100 and recommends a drinking window between 2018 and 2038; Jancis Robinson rates it 19/20, with a suggested drinking window from 1995 to 2025. Critics describe a fully mature, silky and concentrated wine, with nuances of leather, cigar box, dried fruit, faded roses and spices, carried by a long and savory finish.
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The bottle offered
- Size
- Bottle (75cl)
- Packaging
- Loose
- Label Condition
- Perfect
- Fill Level
- Perfect
- Capsule Condition
- Perfect
Wine details
- Couleur
- Red
- Pays
- France
- Région
- Bordeaux
- Appellation
- Saint Emilion
- Producteur / Domaine
- Château Cheval Blanc
- Millésime
- 1985
Cépage et assemblage
- Grape Variety
- 58% Cabernet Franc, 42% Merlot
Château Cheval Blanc
Château Cheval Blanc is a wine estate situated in Saint-Émilion, on the border with Pomerol. Its 39-hectare vineyard lies on a mosaic of gravel and clay and is mainly planted with Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The estate, which took on its current form in the 19th century, has been owned by the Arnault and Frère families since 1998.
- Owner
- Familles Arnault et Frère
- Maître de chais
- Carole André
- Surface (ha)
- 39.00 ha
- Production (average bottles per vintage)
- environ 100 000 bouteilles/an
Histoire du domaine
Historical documents attest to the presence of vines on the Cheval Blanc estate as early as the 15th century. The history of the estate in its modern form began in 1832, when Jean-Jacques Ducasse acquired the heart of the property. Over the following two decades, the purchase of plots – notably from Château Figeac – enabled the creation of a vineyard whose 39-hectare layout has remained largely unchanged. His daughter Henriette married the Libourne wine merchant Jean Laussac-Fourcaud, who set about modernising the estate. The wine was marketed under the name Cheval Blanc from 1852 onwards. In the mid-1860s, Jean Laussac-Fourcaud replanted part of the vineyards with what was then an unusual proportion of Merlot and Cabernet Franc; this process was completed in 1871. On his death in 1888, the estate passed to his widow and then to their son Albert Fourcaud-Laussac, before remaining in the family for over a century. In 1998, Bernard Arnault and Baron Albert Frère acquired Château Cheval Blanc. Pierre-Olivier Clouet, the château’s director, retained technical management, whilst Carole André served as cellar master.
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