Le Petit Cheval 2001 glassware The fermentation in steel and

The fermentation in steel and then ageing in steel and Slavonian oak barrels helps to emphasise the fruit

attempted by only the bravest of winemakers

All the fruit here hails from the Estate's organically managed vineyards - predominately the younger vines - and it's fermented with native yeasts

matching its intensity and refined elegance

lifted by notes of white flowers and apricot

Le Petit Cheval 2001 glassware The fermentation in steel and"Chteau Cheval Blanc, which is translated into 'white horse', has a long, colorful history in St. Emilion that is traced all the way back to 1832. That was the year the Ducasse family purchased land from the much larger estate of Chteau Figeac. Prior to its rebirth as Cheval Blanc, the vineyard was better known as Le Barrail de Cailloux, which is loosely translated into 'the barrel of tiny stones'.