Terrazas de los Andes / Château Cheval Blanc Cheval Blanc

Deep garnet colored, the 2009 Cheval Blanc offers profound notions of baked blueberries, blackberry compote, and crème de cassis with suggestions of chocolate mint, new leather, and cloves, plus a waft of candied violets. Medium to full-bodied, the palate is an exercise in elegance with very classy, super fine-grained tannins, beautiful freshness, and layer upon layer of mineral-laced blue and black fruits, finishing long and perfumed.