Domaine Chevalier Vintage:2013 The 2018 Cos dEstournel Blanc

The 2018 Cos dEstournel Blanc is a large step up from the Pagodes de Cos Blanc

it enters the palate with softness and elegance

Is this the best vintage since 1990 or perhaps 1978

This was a notoriously warm vintage that saw sugar and phenolic ripeness shoot up very quickly at the end of the growing season

Domaine Chevalier Vintage:2013 The 2018 Cos dEstournel BlancThe 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.