Michel Bettane and Thierry Desseauve: An outstanding Cheval: very full and deep, with a creamy, refined body and a backbone of silky tannins. Elegant notes of sweet red peppers mingle with aromas of black cherries without a trace of heaviness. The wine unfurls on the palate in layers of freshness that last and last… 18.5

Michael Schuster: Black-red; dense, packed, mineral, and “mocha” new-oak nose; a rich Cheval Blanc, fleshy and vital at once, very finely tannic; compact, sweet fruit shot through with a marked minerality, complex and close-grained, ample and yet firm; not that big or powerful, but mouth-coating, long, fine, and classy, with a pronounced aromatic resonance on the finish. A very fine, complete Cheval Blanc—vital, sinewy elegance, a most individual, firm, vivid style. 2020–30+. 18.5/19