Domaine De Chevalier 2003
- Producer Domaine de Chevalier
- Blend 100% Red Bordeaux Blend
- Country France
- Region Bordeaux
- Appellation Pessac-Leognan
- UPC 0 15643 25105 4
The 2003 vintage
2003 will be remembered by wine professionals as the year of the heat wave, just as 1956 is remembered for its freezing cold winter and 1991 for its spring frost. 2003 will also go down in history as an early vintage with below average, or even very low yields at certain estates. Winemakers will recall the challenges they encountered: deciding on the best date to start picking, bringing the fermentation of very sweet must to successful completion, correcting acidity, and (for red wines) carefully overseeing maceration and malolactic fermentation.