the mid-palate and finish is packed with the layers of dense

but for drinking over the next two decades

Impressively concentrated but surprisingly lively thanks to its spine of smoky minerality

The most tannic of the "big three" bottlings this year

Domaine Chevalier other_regions the mid-palate and finish isThe 2015 Domaine de Chevalier has a perfumed, quite floral bouquet with rose petals and cedar infusing the red berry fruit, nicely detailed with blacker fruit uncovered by aeration. The palate is medium bodied with supple tannins, sweet and rounded, very plush in style with a caressing, femme fatale of a finish. I have actually encountered better bottles than this, though it remains a class act. Tasted blind at the Southwold 2015 Bordeaux tasting.