93 Robert Parker
The best second wine I have ever tasted from Cheval Blanc is the 2010 Le Petit Cheval. This wine is essentially three-fourths Merlot and the rest Cabernet Franc. Rivaling the brilliant 2009, thirty percent of the production from this monstrously sized estate made it into this wine, which offers up plenty of white chocolate, cassis and mulberry as well as a hint of roasted herbs. With fleshy, round flavors, full-bodied texture and an amazing finish, this is no second wine, and considerably better than some of the Cheval Blancs of the 1960s and 1970s! Drink it over the next 15 or so years.
93 Wine Spectator
This is rather backward, with a thick coating of bittersweet ganache over a massive core of roasted fig, blackberry confiture and kirsch, backed by a long, charcoal- and tar-coated structure. The finish is broad, deep and very dark, with plenty of power in reserve. An impressive second wine. Best from 2015 through 2025. –JM
17 Rene Gabriel
75 % Merlot, 25 % Cabernet Franc. Leicht staubiges Bouquet, dumpfe Frucht, dahinter rote Pflaumen. Samtiger Gaumen, noch selten mit einer solchen Fülle bestückt, noble Bitterkeit im Extrakt, schwarze Pflaumenschalen. Grossartiger Zweitwein. warten (2015 - 2028)