Petit Cheval Blanc - Bordeaux 2021

Petit Cheval Blanc - Bordeaux 2021

Petit Cheval Blanc, a bold white wine

For more than 10 years, Château Cheval Blanc has challenged itself to produce a great white wine on this small 6.6 hectares vineyard nested in the parcels of its elder. This wine is a genuine variation, in white, of the identity of Cheval Blanc, and benefits from the same exacting standards and rigor as its elder sibling. It is crafted from a blend of some 12 different plots, on sandy and clay soils, where 80% sauvignon blanc and 20% sémillon fit perfectly.

The 2021 vintage

The 2021 vintage is average in terms of rainfall (789 mm), as is the temperature (13.8°C), which is nevertheless one degree lower than in the last three vintages. The heavy rainfall in May (102 mm) and June (166 mm) was significantly above normal, as the average for these months since 1955 is around 60 mm. The vintage was characterised by a summer of alternating sun and rain. In mid-August, drier weather, with occasional showers, set in until the relatively late harvest.

Tasting notes

Yellow colour with green highlights. A nose of great freshness and precision, with a fine diversity of white-fleshed and citrus fruits. The wine's energy is already perceptible. On the palate, the attack is full, straight and full-bodied. It is well balanced between acidity, tension and volume. The bitterness gives a long, lingering finish on the palate, giving it a salivating minerality.