Chateau Cheval Blanc - Le Petit Cheval Blanc 2023

Bewertungen

• 97/100

  Decanter
  "Freshly zested lemon with grapefruit and orange aromas - so pronounced and really quite crystalline on the nose. At the back some green apple and white floral elderflower and acacia notes too. Clean and focussed, lovely precision and clarity to the flavours with such a strikingly poised texture. This has grip and zing but also just a touch of buttery, softness that adds weight to the body. Threads of nuttiness and wood enter giving accents and spiced edges. Piercing acidity adds lift and joins the layers of confit lemon, baked vanilla pecans, bitter grapefruit and soft cinnamon spice. Gorgeously complex and the flavour lasts for ages. It has everything you want from this cuvée which has found its rhythm. Tasted in a vertical going back to 2018 and this is the most impressive. Director Pierre-Olivier Clouet and cellarmaster Carole André."

• 96/100

  Jane Anson
  "Pale green gold, this is savoury and sappy, with a wave of white peach and nectarine pit. Structure and longevity, focus and clarity, this wine is now seriously finding its feet and setting itself apart. Early harvest, precision winemaking, the Sémillon comes through on the texture with the dominant flavours of tea leaf, chamomile, citrus, greengage and lime speaking to the Sauvignon Blanc. Pierre-Olivier Clouet director."

• 93/100

  Wine Spectator
  "A pure version, with a mix of sel gris, quinine and Key lime notes leading the way, backed by subtle accents of lemon curd, salted butter and honeysuckle. The long, refined finish shows a flash of wet stone. Sauvignon Blanc and Sémillon. Drink now through 2027. 1,452 cases made, 250 cases imported."

• 17/20

  Jancis Robinson
  "Very pale straw. Arrestingly decongestant nose with some richness. If someone told me there was a little Sauvignon Gris in here, I would believe them. Stinky/smoky nose but the real distinction of this wine is the broad spread of fruit on the palate. Very different indeed from the average Bordeaux Blanc. Real distinction on the creamy palate but you are certainly made to pay for it. Great purity."