Château Cheval Blanc St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe 2016 Size::1 Bottle clay and quartz slate soils

clay and quartz slate soils prevail

A dash of ground coffee

The white nougat creaminess is nicely balanced by a fresh natural acidity and persistent fruit length

but the latter brought severe frosts from 17 to 29 April

In Australia Gruner is planted exclusively in cooler regions such as the Tumbarumba

Château Cheval Blanc St Emilion Premier Grand Cru Classe 2016 Size::1 Bottle clay and quartz slate soilsThe earliest harvest in living memory saw the grapes arriving at Cheval Blanc between the 1st and 14th September. As at Le Dme, the high percentage of Cabernet Franc (56% of the final blend, with 44% Merlot, cropped at 30hl ha) will make this wine shine in the long run, as will stringent selection: only 50% of total production went into the Grand Vin. From the barrel the wine is reticent on the nose, but it delivers more on the palate. A fresh,