Wine With Bok - 9.75/10 Stars
Served from a magnum bottle, we did not have the time to decant it, so we just drank the whole bottle throughout a 3 hour dinner. One of the best bouquets that I have come across after drinking thousands of bottles of Bordeaux, slightly smoky, green pepper, oak and spice. Content also one of the best 1990 Bordeaux I have tasted, I have tasted this label and vintage before, not as great as tonight’s bottle, I suspect the magnum format really makes this Cheval Blanc shines; so elegant, feminine and full of finesse. I have done many Bordeaux 1990 horizontal tasting before, and my go-to wine that consistently top the chart is Grand Puy Lacoste (beating Lafite in the line up). But I must confess if this Cheval Blanc is in the line up, it will outperform the Grand Puy Lacoste. I’m very certain it’ll age gracefully for the next couple decades, thus just buy and keep if you ever come across a bottle. (11/2021)
100 points Decanter
The standout wine of the entire tasting. Powerful, smooth, mouthfilling sweetness, still deeply coloured. You will find it hard to track down this wine on the market today, and even more difficult to avoid paying crazy sums for it, but I can assure you that it stands out for the intense, finely picked-out, fleshy fruit notes of sweet damson and plum unrolling against smoked coffee and liquorice notes. Truffles, tobacco and exotic spices are all here – and it’s hard to imagine how it can have done better. (10/2018)
Specifications
| Country | France |
| Region | Bordeaux |
| Sub-Region | St Emilion |
| Classification | 1er GCC 'A' St Emilion |
| Vintage | 1990 |
| Grape | Cabernet / Merlot |
| Volume | 750ml |
| Critics Score | 100 Points |
| Bok Rating | 9.75/10 Stars |
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