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Le Petit Cheval 2023

Name: Le Petit Cheval 2023
Brand: Château Cheval Blanc
SKU: 2251/23
Price: 120 EUR
Availability: InStock
Rating: 4.46 (140 reviews)

Le vin blanc du Ch. Cheval Blanc -

Bordeaux

Bordeaux dry white wines

- White - See details

Wine Spectator | 93

€360.00 Incl. VAT

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€120.00 / Unit

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Packaging : a case of 3 Bottles (75cl)

1 x 75CL

€122.00

3 x 75CL

€360.00

1 x 1.5L

€240.00

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ALL VINTAGES OF THIS WINE

All Château Cheval Blanc wines

Marks and reviews

/100

Decanter

Freshly zested lemon with grapefruit and orange aromas—so pronounced and really quite crystalline on the nose. At the back, some green apple and white floral elderflower and acacia notes too. Clean and focused, with lovely precision and clarity to the flavours and such a strikingly poised texture. This has grip and zing but also just a touch of buttery softness that adds weight to the body. Threads of nuttiness and wood appear, giving accents and spiced edges. Piercing acidity adds lift and joins layers of confit lemon, baked vanilla pecans, bitter grapefruit, and soft cinnamon spice. Gorgeously complex, and the flavour lasts for ages. It has everything you want from this cuvée, which has found its rhythm. Tasted in a vertical going back to 2018, and this is the most impressive. Director Pierre-Olivier Clouet and cellarmaster Carole André.

/100

Wine Spectator

James Molesworth

A bird of a different feather, this marries a polished feel with the nervy, underlying zip of sel gris and quinine notes, while its core of green almond, star fruit and white peach opens slowly. Shows subtle accents of tarragon and verbena on the finish. Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon. Drink now through 2028. 2,900 cases made.

/100

Vinum

Exotic fruits, lychee, peach, grapefruit; creamy opening, then tighter through the mid-palate, very vertical, top acidity, fine-boned with great elegance on the finish; long, salty close with a salted preserved lemon note.

Description

A dry white Bordeaux with a silky texture and lovely freshness

The estate
Created in 1832, Château Cheval Blanc is a leading name in Saint-Émilion. Owned since 1998 by Bernard Arnault and the Frère family, the estate was led from 1990 by Pierre Lurton and since 2023 by Pierre-Olivier Clouet. With a new winery designed by Christian de Portzamparc and inaugurated in June 2011, Château Cheval Blanc continues to write the legend of the greatest Bordeaux wines.

The vineyard
Offering a superb introduction to the excellence of Cheval Blanc’s grand vin, Petit Cheval is a dry white Bordeaux wine from a vineyard that benefits from meticulous canopy management, with light leaf removal on the sunrise side to homogenize ripeness and reduce Sauvignon Blanc’s varietal notes, thereby favoring the floral, fruity, and mineral profiles characteristic of the terroir.

The vintage
The year 2023 saw no extreme weather events, with regular rainfall throughout the year. The 65 mm of rain in August, slightly above average, supported the ripening of the grapes. Harvest took place from August 23 to 29, 2023, in grouped selections, accompanied by late-August heatwaves.

Winemaking and aging
After pressing, the must for Petit Cheval 2023 is lightly clarified before fermenting in various vessels: 600-liter demi-muids, 15 hL foudres, and wooden vats of 15, 20, 25, and 30 hL. Lees work includes daily bâtonnage initially, then reduced according to tastings. Blending is carried out in February for a total aging period of 18 months.

Grape varieties
Sauvignon Blanc (73%) and Sémillon (27%).