WineMine Description
MyWineMine gives this wine a score of 848; underperforming the average for the sub-region in 2010 which is 887. The average score for Le Petit Cheval is 874, making this a below average effort for the producer.
When people talk about wines from Le Petit Cheval they use words like Tannins, Fine, Fruit, Black, Full, Chocolate, Delicious, Long, Acidity, Tobacco, Sweet, Spice, Fresh, Blackberry, Cherry. The 2010 shares most of these characteristics. People use these words to describe the 2010 but no other wine from Le Petit Cheval: Intensity, Tannic, Bold, Brooding, Flowing, Hedgerow, Compot, Edge, Mocha, Strength. The wine has significantly lower levels of alcohol than this producer normally outputs (12.5% vs 14.25%); it has significantly lower levels of alcohol for the region in 2010 (12.5% vs 13.46%). The wine will be ready to drink in 1 years (in 2017) and should be consumed within the next 14 years (by 2030). It normally takes wines from Le Petit Cheval around 6 years to be ready to start drinking, and 10 further years to decline.
It represents good value compared to Château Palmer 2005, Château La Mission-Haut-Brion 2005, Château Margaux 2006, Château La Conseillante 2010, Château Latour 2005; but better value alternatives would be Château Clerc-Milon 2010, Château Palmer 2007, Château Léoville-Poyferré 2005, Château Lynch-Bages 2005, Les Forts de Latour 2005.
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Prices & Deals for Le Petit Cheval 2010
| Date |
Currency |
Price |
| 2016-01-16 |
gbp |
187 |