2015 Le Petit Cheval Bordeaux Blanc

Community Tasting Notes (7) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  5/10/2023 - tanduybui Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A terrific expression of a Bordeaux blanc. Still very youthful and has many miles to go.
  
  Cannot be mistaken for a Sauvalache from the great White Clouds, it is from the old world. It is a wine that is playful, racy and full of life. Hints of jasmine, white flowers, tropical fruit on the nose, the body comes to life with pineapple with other tropical notes, including mangosteen. Very fresh, textured and full of vibrancy, it will drive you to a happy place. Lingering finish with salinity and tension….. but it resolves itself eventually…..
  
  Drink from 2025 and to 2032+. I would decant it if consuming now.

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  2/3/2023 - NoahCap wrote:

  My God this is a gorgeous wine. 100% Sauvignon Blanc, according to the winery website. Sauvignon Blanc gets a bad wrap, and I understand why; a lot of it is kind of shitty. But there's a lot of shitty Cabernet and Pinot out there and these grapes don't get the same kind of flack.
  
  Very Sauv Blanc-y on the nose; lime, green bell pepper and jalepeno pyrizines, jasmine flowers, fresh spearmint, and a tiny hint of that notorious cat urine. It's an intriguing nose, but one that doesn't get me particularly excited. I might have guessed NZ Sauv Blanc if blinded.
  
  But the palate is another story. Acidity is high, body is light but not dilute at all- this wine is alive, lean, and fast. Completely integrated and gorgeous. There is not sugar here, but there is a sweet character to the fruit profile that is very appealing. Lime and grapefruit, white peach and lemongrass, herbs and flowers.
  
  This is great stuff.

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  10/30/2020 - beatles wrote: 91 Points

  Managed to guess white Bordeaux here. The nose is very typical and you feel the the sauvignon blanc influence, combined with some richness and grapefruit, an oily touch of the semillon. Too young, 91+
  #IB#Palmer1961-night

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  9/23/2020 - ETT95 wrote: 93 Points

  Light golden yellow. A fantastic nose of honey, sweets and some bell pepper. Quite expansive yet gentle on palate. Oak is still prominent, can even taste a bit bitterness at the back. A long long finish of guava and sweet potato. I'd prefer keeping it for a few years more as it tastes way too young now.
  It's definitely better than the 2014 which is more angular and austere. I suppose the wine will only get better as the replanted vines get older.

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  5/10/2019 - bartgab Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Love it!

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