Category | Red Wine |
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Region | France, Bordeaux, St. Emilion |
Brand | Le Petit Cheval |
Alcohol/vol | 14.5% |
$602.98 $512.53
Le Petit Cheval is rather backward, with a thick coating of bittersweet ganache over a massive core of roasted fig, blackberry confiture, and kirsch, backed by a long, charcoal- and tar-coated structure. The finish is broad, deep, and very dark, with plenty of power in reserve. An impressive second wine. Best from 2015 through 2025.
The second wine of Cheval shows such glorious yet subtle fruit with chocolate, dark berries such as blackberries, and a light spice character. A walnut undertone. It’s soft and silky with wonderful balance and beauty. It goes on for minutes.
The best second wine I have ever tasted from Cheval Blanc is the 2010 Le Petit Cheval. This wine is essentially three-fourths Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc. Rivaling the brilliant 2009, thirty percent of the production from this monstrously sized estate made it into this wine, which offers up plenty of white chocolate, cassis, and mulberry as well as a hint of roasted herbs.
The weather this year was ideal, with all the parameters for a very great vintage combining concentration, freshness, and finesse. 2010 Cheval Blanc has a dark, intense color and a superbly deep, complex, and concentrated nose typical of great Cabernet Franc. The bouquet displays seductive floral and fruity aromas, along with fresh fig, blackcurrant, blackberry, and raspberry, as well as notes of bergamot and mint.
This is rather backward, with a thick coating of bittersweet ganache over a massive core of roasted fig, blackberry confiture, and kirsch, backed by a long, charcoal- and tar-coated structure. The finish is broad, deep, and very dark, with plenty of power in reserve. An impressive second wine.
Violet, rose, truffle, earth, coffee, leather, tobacco, broccoli, berry, and flower.
Currant, black cherry, plum, bell pepper, olive, oak, smoke, toast, tar, tobacco, raspberry, cassis, violet, pepper and green bean.
Category | Red Wine |
Varietals |
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Region | France, Bordeaux, St. Emilion |
Brand | Le Petit Cheval |
Alcohol/vol | 14.5% |
Weight | 750 lbs |
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