On Jul 23, 11:53?am, Emery Davis > wrote:
> Not sure why I have this, must have heard something good somewhere. It's
> made by Dom. de Chevalier, but I think is not a second wine. Maybe I
> considered 11 EU a good price...
>
> Nose very tight, oak and Elmer's Glue. A strange pastiche of un-integrated
> flavours in the mouth: vanilla, oak, jammy plums, tar, garrigue (!). Round and
> a bit flabby except for the oak juice backbone. Very modern style, could almost
> be a chemistry set wine. Oh, did I mention the vanilla oak?
>
> Hopefully it will come together in a few years, (or at least mute itself) but it
> certainly won't age well longer than 5 or so. In any case I don't plan on
> opening another bottle for a while.
>
> Not recommended.
>
> -E
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2003 was pretty tough in Graves.

I liked the 2000 a bit better:
2000 Domaine de la Solitude (Pessac-Leognan)
Is this a second? Label mentions Domaine de Chevalier. Funny (but not
unpleasant) spearmint thing on the nose, palate is more
straightforward. Lighter styled Bordeaux, with red fruits eventually
showing a darker side, with a little cassis. Not a lot of length. Not
a lot of complexity here, but a decent little Graves. B/B-

I discovered later it is not a second, but a separate estate in
Martillac belonging to a group of nuns. The wine is made by Olivier
Bernard of Domaine de Chevalier.