2014 Le Petit Cheval Blanc Cheval Blanc
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In creating the Petit Cheval Blanc, the estate's aim was simple: to create a white Grand Vin. It is not an afterthought, but a carefully planned operation which has had help from some significant names in white wine. Cheval Blanc are so confident in the quality of their white – which had been made for five years before the 2014 was released for general sale – that they are looking to increase their production from the current 4,000 bottles to 30,000.
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Neal Martin
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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. Sep 2016, Jane Anson, www.decanter.com