Michael Schuster | A lovely, gently black-fruit-cored nose, deep, mineral, and oh so subtle; rich, ample, concentrated, tannic, and vital wine, a splendid long-term constitution; dense but not hard in any way, deep and sweet and packed with fruit, very long in the mouth, a wine of great complexity and scope, so complete and so persistent. Its tannins and acidity make for an upright, aristocratic, imposing presence, where you sense a wine with a structure of a different order from most on the Right Bank, one that is also effortlessly polished. I can think of no Cheval quite like this in the recent past. Magnificent wine. And only just over 14% ABV. Director Pierre-Olivier Clouet noted how difficult the wine had been to assemble, because the tannins were—unlike the 2019’s at a similar quantitative level—so tiring. Ideally wait 15 to 20 years before broaching? 2035–60+.