Domaine de Chevalier Blanc 2025 is an exceptional dry white Bordeaux, blending 70% Sauvignon Blanc and 30% Sémillon. Aromas of white peach, pear, citrus, and white flowers lead to a palate of remarkable precision, freshness, and depth. Rich yet crystalline, the wine balances vibrant acidity with layers of stone fruit, subtle floral complexity, and refined texture. Elegant, concentrated, and beautifully persistent, the 2025 vintage showcases the estate's renowned ability to produce one of Bordeaux's finest and most age-worthy dry white wines.

James Suckling | JS 98-99
Published: Apr 26, 2026

A tight and powerful wine with a precise and structured texture. Restrained, steely and racy. Goes on for minutes. So much intensity. A bright and shining white. Stunning balance. Alcohol 13.5%. A blend of 70% sauvignon blanc and 30% semillon.

Decanter | D 97
Published: Apr 16, 2026

The cooler microclimate at this estate favours hot and dry weather, and this proved no exception in 2025. I tasted this wine no less than five times at different locations (négociant Joanne, CVGB, Pessac–Léognan group tasting, at the estate, too), always enjoying the exciting combination of freshness and white stone fruit fleshiness expressed in a suave palate texture with nuance and refinement, evoking Meursault–like depth and opulence. 'We picked later, including after the rains of late August, to get more breadth in the palate,' remarked owner Olivier Bernard. That – and a long finish. A great success!

The Wine Advocate | RP 93-95
Published: Apr 30, 2026

The Domaine de Chevalier 2025 Blanc reveals an expressive bouquet of white fruits—pear and white peach—alongside floral notes. Medium- to full-bodied, it’s dense yet remarkably fresh and precise, with a crystalline, ethereal profile. Both aromatic and concentrated, it combines depth with clarity, concluding with a long, ethereal and perfumed finish. Once again, this is a fine success and surely one of the most precise white wines produced in Bordeaux this year.

Located in the gravel, sandy soils of Pessac-Léognan, Domaine de Chevalier today spans 67 hectares and operates with a quiet sense of control. When the Bernard family took over in 1983, the vineyard counted only 20 hectares; expansion followed into the surrounding woodland, much of which still frames the estate, planted on the same Günzian gravel and black sands over iron-rich clay.

This is a site of contrasts: cold in winter under its forest canopy, yet warm in summer as stones reflect heat and darker soils retain it. Sauvignon Blanc finds its place in the coolest sectors and Cabernet Sauvignon in the warmest, with the remaining varieties in between. Farming is now organic and biodynamic, with cover crops, drainage work in humid parcels and high canopies—sometimes managed without hedging—forming part of the approach.

In the cellar, the direction remains measured. The reds are destemmed and see gentle extraction, with long macerations and restrained pigeage. The whites undergo long pressing, followed by barrel-fermentation with indigenous yeasts. The wines spend their first year in barrels, modestly new-oaked, followed by racking and further élevage in older wood. The whites are bottled under Diam technical closures to ensure consistency.

Since the 1980s, the style has shifted in phases. Early replanting led to a loss of the estate’s historic intensity and weight; the 2000s pursued greater maturity and more evident oak. Today, the wines return to a more seamless expression—discreet, structured and persistent—closer in spirit to earlier decades.

Jancis Robinson | JR 16.5
Published: Apr 16, 2026

70% Sauvignon Blanc, 30% Sémillon. 38 hl/ha. Cask sample.
Peach and pear notes. Round and full on the palate. Less drive and vivacity than some years, the acidity less intense. (JL)

Domainedechevalier.com

The Domaine de Chevalier located in Léognan, the Capital town of the Graves Region has a long history. It appears on the famous map of Pierre de Belleyme in 1783.
In 1983 the estate was purchased by the Bernard Family, N° 1 in France on the Spirits market and a major negociant of premium Bordeaux wines.
It has been run ever since by Olivier Bernard who perpetuates that spirit of balance and the constant drive for perfection which have been the hallmark of this outstanding wine.
The red Domaine de Chevalier, the flagship of the PessacLéognan appellation belongs to the elite of the great classified growths of Bordeaux. The white Domaine de Chevalier is recognized as one of the world’s finest dry wines.

Pretty gold pale yellow tint, crystalline. Bright nose of various and exotic white fruits mixed with citrus and white flowers. Vineyard peach, nectarine, pear, apricot, mango, lychee,
citrus, acacia flower, hawthorn and honeysuckle.
Burgundian palate: Ample palate, rich, tasty, gourmet, very refined and well held by an energetic liveliness. Long finish with a great fruity finesse.

HARVEST : Hand-picked, into small crates.
Grapes are picked in 3 to 5 waves for optimum ripeness.
Traditional cold settling in barrels.
VINIFICATION : Fermentation in barrels.
Age in barrels for 18 months (35% new oak) with bâtonnage (stirring the lees with a stick)

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