1988 | Chateau Cheval Blanc | Saint-Emilion
Red Wine: 1988 | Chateau Cheval Blanc | Saint-Emilion
It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.
Order from the Largest & Most Trusted Premium Spirits Marketplace!
Featured in
- ROLLING STONE
- MEN'S JOURNAL
- US WEEKLY
NOTICE: Many other small liquor store sites may end up cancelling your order due to the high demand, unavailability or inaccurate inventory counts. We have partnerships consisting of a large network of licensed retailers from within the United States, Europe and across the world ensuring orders are fulfilled.
Producer: Chateau Cheval Blanc
Vintage: 1988
Size: 750ml
ABV: 12.5%
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red
Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion
It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.
Producer Information
Château Cheval Blanc is a highly lauded wine estate in the Saint-Émilion region of northeast Bordeaux. It is certainly the most famous Cabernet Franc-based wine in the world, albeit often alongside very similar levels of Merlot. Typically, the "grand vin" (the estate's eponymous wine) is lush and full bodied with great weight of fruit. It tends to require ten years of bottle age and the best vintages can last half a century or more. The second wine of the estate is Le Petit Cheval. Given the top accolade of Premier Grand Cru Classé A at the inception of the Saint-Emilion classification in 1955, Cheval blanc famously withdrew from the ranking system in 2022. Nonetheless, it is still regarded by many as one of the greatest – if not, the greatest – wines of the appellation (and in wider Bordeaux). Vines have been grown since the 14th Century at this spot but the vineyard as it is known today took shape in the 19th Century when the core plots were added to by purchases from the nearby Figeac estate. Subsequent replantings established the atypical half-Merlot, half-Cabernet Franc proportions. Cheval Blanc gained its first medal at the 1862 Universal Exhibition in London. This was the first of a series of successes building its reputation and achieving price levels comparable to the Médoc first growths, which paved the way for a château to be built on the estate. In 1998, after 166 years of continuous family ownership, Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods firm LVMH, and the late Baron Albert Frère (a Belgian billionaire investor) jointly purchased the estate. The spectacular new cellar opened in 2011, with 52 concrete vats (replacing stainless steel) of differing sizes corresponding to different vineyard plots. The grand vin spends 16 to 18 months in new oak barrels from a variety of cooperages. Production totals 80,000 bottles annually.
Original: $1,999.99
-70%$1,999.99
$600.00Product Information
Product Information
Shipping & Returns
Shipping & Returns
Description
Red Wine: 1988 | Chateau Cheval Blanc | Saint-Emilion
It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.
Order from the Largest & Most Trusted Premium Spirits Marketplace!
Featured in
- ROLLING STONE
- MEN'S JOURNAL
- US WEEKLY
NOTICE: Many other small liquor store sites may end up cancelling your order due to the high demand, unavailability or inaccurate inventory counts. We have partnerships consisting of a large network of licensed retailers from within the United States, Europe and across the world ensuring orders are fulfilled.
Producer: Chateau Cheval Blanc
Vintage: 1988
Size: 750ml
ABV: 12.5%
Varietal: Bordeaux Blend Red
Country/Region: France, Saint-Emilion
It presents itself with great elegance and charm with precise aromas, imposing but very fine tannins and great length.
Producer Information
Château Cheval Blanc is a highly lauded wine estate in the Saint-Émilion region of northeast Bordeaux. It is certainly the most famous Cabernet Franc-based wine in the world, albeit often alongside very similar levels of Merlot. Typically, the "grand vin" (the estate's eponymous wine) is lush and full bodied with great weight of fruit. It tends to require ten years of bottle age and the best vintages can last half a century or more. The second wine of the estate is Le Petit Cheval. Given the top accolade of Premier Grand Cru Classé A at the inception of the Saint-Emilion classification in 1955, Cheval blanc famously withdrew from the ranking system in 2022. Nonetheless, it is still regarded by many as one of the greatest – if not, the greatest – wines of the appellation (and in wider Bordeaux). Vines have been grown since the 14th Century at this spot but the vineyard as it is known today took shape in the 19th Century when the core plots were added to by purchases from the nearby Figeac estate. Subsequent replantings established the atypical half-Merlot, half-Cabernet Franc proportions. Cheval Blanc gained its first medal at the 1862 Universal Exhibition in London. This was the first of a series of successes building its reputation and achieving price levels comparable to the Médoc first growths, which paved the way for a château to be built on the estate. In 1998, after 166 years of continuous family ownership, Bernard Arnault, the head of luxury goods firm LVMH, and the late Baron Albert Frère (a Belgian billionaire investor) jointly purchased the estate. The spectacular new cellar opened in 2011, with 52 concrete vats (replacing stainless steel) of differing sizes corresponding to different vineyard plots. The grand vin spends 16 to 18 months in new oak barrels from a variety of cooperages. Production totals 80,000 bottles annually.
