The 1964 Cheval Blanc is a legendary wine, and having been privileged to taste it several times, I believe this might well be the finest specimen that I have ever tasted. It's, quite simply, magical. Utterly ethereal on its kaleidoscopic nose, it offers melted red fruit, shavings of black truffle, wilted rose petals and sous-bois. There is an unerring sense of symmetry. The palate is medium-bodied with filigree tannins that frame the millefeuille of red and black fruit, hints of meat juices, clove and truffle. It possesses ethereal poise and fans out with effortless audacity on the finish. This is a bona fide perfect wine that is so good that it's almost impossible to translate into words. Tasted at Medlar restaurant to celebrate my The Complete Bordeaux Vintage Guide book. -- Neal Martin

1964 Cheval Blanc is a great wine. It is the best wine made in the 60’s by the chateau and probably the best Cheval Blanc in the period between 1955 and 1982. I have had the great luck to taste it many times both from chateau bottleings and Danish bottleings and it almost always delivers great drinking. It is flawless, soft, silky, sexy, and smooth with massiva amounts of perfectly ripe fruit and that ever present note of Cabernet Franc as well as dairy products, and tobacco leaves. It has lots of freshness and a wonderful laid back style and is together with Petrus one of the best wines from this vintage. It is fully mature and should be enjoyed now. - Ivar Bjurner

The 1964 is a wonderfully rich thick powerful and concentrated wine that is the most authoritative Cheval Blanc produced since the monumental wines made by this chateau in 1947 1948 and 1949. Opaque dark ruby with only some amber and a powerful yet restrained bouquet of roasted ripe fruit cedar herbs and gravelly mineral scents the wine remains amazingly young and tannic with layer upon layer of ripe fruit. This is a heavyweight old-style Cheval Blanc...