Le Petit Cheval 2014 ruggeri barley and lots of spicy

barley and lots of spicy cake-bakey goodness

with floral and citrus fruit notes

with very little oak influence in the wine

elegance and smoothness

The principal vineyard here is evocatively named Cimetière aux Chiens

Le Petit Cheval 2014 ruggeri barley and lots of spicy"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'.