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Domaine de Chevalier Pessac-Léognan 1998

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Licorice, blackberry, grilled meat and lightly toasted oak. …

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Wine Type and Color

Red Still

Magazine Issue

Jun 30, 2009

Top 100

Wine #27 of 2001

Summary

Primary Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet Sauvignon has spread to all of the New World's major winegrowing regions, and it remains one of France's most important grapes.

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Domaine de Chevalier Pessac-Léognan 1998

Licorice, blackberry, grilled meat and lightly toasted oak. …

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Primary Grape

Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Sauvignon, native to Bordeaux, has thick blue skins, giving the resulting wines plentiful tannins and phenolics and making them particularly ageworthy. Over the past 50 years, Cabernet Sauvignon has spread to all of the New World's major winegrowing regions, and it remains one of France's most important grapes.

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