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Château Cheval Blanc St. Émilion Red Bordeaux Blend 1990
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Conrad Green 
Meaty and intense. Lush with violets, a deep purity and smoothly intense. Really great stuff. A little more powerful than the 82 alongside but a whisper less refined
Meaty and intense. Lush with violets, a deep purity and smoothly intense. Really great stuff. A little more powerful than the 82 alongside but a whisper less refined
9.6Conrad Green
Amazing consommé- like purity. Bright lifted cherry and a gorgeous suppleness. Stunning
Amazing consommé- like purity. Bright lifted cherry and a gorgeous suppleness. Stunning
9.6Conrad Green
Gorgeous. Soft and supple and open with that great open knit silky texture. Raspberry, a hint of spice, red plum. Really lovely and complex stuff.
Gorgeous. Soft and supple and open with that great open knit silky texture. Raspberry, a hint of spice, red plum. Really lovely and complex stuff.
9.6Conrad Green
Soft plum and roses. Pretty and lush. Some dried herbs, orange rind. Noticeably more advanced than the mag alongside, but gorgeous and balanced.
Soft plum and roses. Pretty and lush. Some dried herbs, orange rind. Noticeably more advanced than the mag alongside, but gorgeous and balanced.
9.4Conrad Green
From mag. Dark plummy fruit. Lush and refined. Black cherry, hints of graphite, earth and violet. This is exceptional. Hints of secondary flavors, ravings resolved. Lush, rounded mouthfeel. Sleek and perfectly balanced. So long. Amazing stuff.
From mag. Dark plummy fruit. Lush and refined. Black cherry, hints of graphite, earth and violet. This is exceptional. Hints of secondary flavors, ravings resolved. Lush, rounded mouthfeel. Sleek and perfectly balanced. So long. Amazing stuff.
9.8
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The 1990 Cheval Blanc is a vintage that once upon a time I drank regularly, although I had not seen it since March 2016. Poured against the 1990 Lafite-Rothschild, this is the clear winner. Still youthful in color with modest bricking. The bouquet explodes from the glass with kirsch, mulberry, antique furniture and black truffle scents. With aeration it becomes more savory, the Cabernet Franc wanting to see more of the olfactory action. The palate is medium-bodied and comes equipped with a stunning velvety texture. This Saint-Émilion feels spherical, conveying a sense of controlled decadence but avoiding any ostentation. This is as good a bottle as I have encountered over the years. Brilliant. Tasted at Noble Rot's “Xmas” dinner. (Neal Martin, Vinous, December 2019)
The 1990 Cheval Blanc is a vintage that once upon a time I drank regularly, although I had not seen it since March 2016. Poured against the 1990 Lafite-Rothschild, this is the clear winner. Still youthful in color with modest bricking. The bouquet explodes from the glass with kirsch, mulberry, antique furniture and black truffle scents. With aeration it becomes more savory, the Cabernet Franc wanting to see more of the olfactory action. The palate is medium-bodied and comes equipped with a stunning velvety texture. This Saint-Émilion feels spherical, conveying a sense of controlled decadence but avoiding any ostentation. This is as good a bottle as I have encountered over the years. Brilliant. Tasted at Noble Rot's “Xmas” dinner. (Neal Martin, Vinous, December 2019)
9.8Conrad Green
Lovely and succulent. Broad, plummy and settled. Beautifully balanced and sexy. What a wine.
Lovely and succulent. Broad, plummy and settled. Beautifully balanced and sexy. What a wine.
9.5
Bill Bender
You know you’re having a special wine night when a ‘90 Cheval Blanc is 4th out of 4 wines. Not as rich and ballsy as the ‘98, not as velvet Jesus as the ‘82.....but still top tier. Perhaps a little green and linear. Drinking young and not in full strut yet.
You know you’re having a special wine night when a ‘90 Cheval Blanc is 4th out of 4 wines. Not as rich and ballsy as the ‘98, not as velvet Jesus as the ‘82.....but still top tier. Perhaps a little green and linear. Drinking young and not in full strut yet.
9.4
Robert Cunningham
Wine Educator DeVinimus, Wine Workshop
Beautiful and complex
Beautiful and complex
9.4
Doug Kahn
Sweet
Sweet
9.6
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