Domaine de Chevalier

Domaine de Chevalier is one of the benchmark estates of Bordeaux’s Graves region, classified for both red and white in the Graves classification and situated in Léognan within the Pessac-Léognan appellation. The property’s origins go back to at least the 17th–18th century, when it was known as “Chivaley” (“knight” in Gascon), a small vineyard clearing within a large forest. Its modern reputation was forged under the Ricard family from the late 19th century and then decisively elevated after 1983, when the Bernard f…