Le Petit Cheval Blanc 2016 #error! granite soils around the Chermette

granite soils around the Chermette homestead in Saint-Vérand (central Beaujolais)

elements of dark plum

Gregorio Pérez’s entry-level Mencía comes from multiple remote parcels of 30- to 60-year-old vines dotted around the slate-rich hillsides of Valtuille and Villafranca del Bierzo

brilliant clarity

Le Petit Cheval Blanc 2016 #error! granite soils around the ChermetteThe story of Petit Cheval Blanc began in 2006, when Chteau Cheval Blanc acquired Chteau La Tour du Pin, an eight hectare vineyard producing red wine under the Saint milion Grand Cru appellation. Part of the terroir offered fine potential for white wine, and so the decision was taken to convert it: this would become the birthplace of a white Bordeaux. The former La Tour du Pin vineyard underwent a profound restructuring. Implementing such an ambitious