Le Petit Cheval 2001 glassware Warm days and cool nights

Warm days and cool nights help shape Pinots that are both lively and layered

attempted by only the bravest of winemakers

it spent 12 months in classic old foudres

this Pinot Blanc is complex

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

Le Petit Cheval 2001 glassware Warm days and cool nights"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'.