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Le Petit Cheval Blanc 2014

RegionBordeaux
Subregion France > Bordeaux > Right Bank > St Emilion
ColourWhite
TypeStill
Grape VarietySauvignon Blanc/Semillon

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Tasting Notes

Aged for the same time as the red wine; so approaching two years, but entirely in large-sized 400 litre barrels from Austria and Sancerre, this has a clear salinity to both the aromatics and the palate, coupled with a lovely rich weight on the palate.

More intensity of flavour than many white Bordeaux, you certainly know that you are tasting a wine with ambition. Great first vintage with clean citrus flavours and an excellent retraction on the close of palate that gives the impression of minerality and freshness. Let’s hope Bordeaux has room for another icon white, as this is very much worth trying.

93
Jane Anson, Decanter.com, September 2016

This has a lovely feel, with a light shortbread frame around a core of white peach, honeysuckle and quinine notes, and shows both blanched almond and thyme flavors through the finish. Has an intriguing combination of weight and zip and really stretches out nicely in the glass. Sauvignon Blanc. Drink now through 2020. 375 cases made.

92
James Molesworth, WineSpectator.com, February 2017
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