"Michael Pronay" > skrev i melding
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> "Anders Tørneskog" > wrote:
>
>> Not strange at all
>> You have a St. Emilion, pure and simple. Could be a batch from
>> very young vines or the like that was not good enough for the
>> chateau stuff.
>
> Very strange, in fact. If the label would read "St-Émilion de
> Cheval Blanc" (like "Pauillac Sté. civile du Chteau Latour" where
> "PAUILLAC" is by far the most prominent word on the label), that
> would make sense. But "Cheval Blanc"?! Not since "Mouton-Cadet
> Baron de Rothschild" has there been such an offense to common
> sense!
>
Unusual, may be, but the OP quoted this:
Saint-Emilion
appellation saint-émilion controlée
2003
sociéte civile du cheval blanc
propriétaire à saint-émilion - france
mis en bouteille à la propriété.

It does not say CHEVAL BLANC, like the PAUILLAC you mention does not say
LATOUR (and I did once have such a bottle where the only mention of Latour
was the logo on the cork! 1980?)
So, if the label above actually was SAINT EMILION, then it makes sense to
me.
But, I agree, it is probably very unusual, especially if you say so,
Michael!
:-) Anders