Château Cheval Blanc

Le Petit Cheval, Blanc, St Emilion, 2021

Name: Le Petit Cheval, Blanc, St Emilion
Brand: Château Cheval Blanc
Price: 368.76 GBP

91/100

Inside Bordeaux

90/100

The Wine Independent

91/100

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2021
75cl
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£122.92
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2021
75cl
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2021
3x75cl
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£368.76
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2021
3x75cl
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1x1.5L
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Justerini & Brooks Tasting note

2021 Le Petit Cheval offers a charming fragrance of iodine, oyster shell, cherries, cedar and incense. Good mid-weight flavours on the palate; quite dark and earthy, with a nervous tension. The tannins just seem slightly rustic compared to usual. 60% Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon and 7% Cabernet Franc. Representing 13% of the crop.

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Critic Reviews

90/100

Lisa Perrotti-Brown,

The Wine Independent

Only 12,000 bottles were made of Le Petit Cheval 2021. It is a blend of 60 % Merlot, 33% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 7% Cabernet Franc and it has a deep garnet-purple color. It offers up expressive notes of black pepper, dusty soil, and garrigue, leading to a core of red and black plums, redcurrant preserves, and tobacco leaf. The medium-bodied palate is refreshing and delicately styled, with bright red berry layers and a slight chewiness to the texture, finishing with a peppery lift.

drinking window 2026 - 2043

date of review 04/2024

91/100

Jane Anson,

Inside Bordeaux

A serious Petit Cheval, with roses, chalky tannins, blackcurrant, red cherry, capsicum, graphite and smoked earth. First time to have Cabernet Sauvignon in the blend of Petit Cheval, which along with the vintage itself perhaps lends this savoury quality. The harvest was long and slow, September 22 to October 14, later than in most recent years, with a yield of 28hl/h.

drinking window 2025 - 2036

date of review 03/2024

91/100

Neal Martin,

Vinous

The 2021 Le Petit Cheval has held on to that strict, almost Médoc-like nose engendered by the higher proportion of Cabernet Sauvignon (33%): blackberry, briar, incense and graphite, the latter more pronounced than at en primeur. The palate is medium-bodied with a clean and precise entry, fresh acidity, refreshing sapidity and an almost briny finish that lingers in the mouth.

drinking window 2025 - 2038

date of review 02/2024

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This product may contain sulphites. Full allergen information is available upon request, please call our Customer Relations Team on +44 (0)20 7484 6430.