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1971 Cheval Blanc

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Name: 1971 Cheval Blanc
Country: France
Region: St Emilion, Bordeaux
Winery: Chateau Cheval Blanc
Type: Red wine
Grape: Bordeaux blend
Vintage: 1971
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This wine is amazing and good to relax the mind. I experienced it in my first drink.

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Food pairing: broiled ahi steak, grilled asparagus spears

This wine is very relaxed. Its enveloping aromas begin with saddle leather, berries and plums, and keep changing as it sits in the decanter and the glass. Flavors of smoke, red fruit, leather, and tea, with a long, smooth, velvety and open finish. (12% alcohol, $175 at auction, note from May 2008)

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