Château Cheval Blanc

[1] The manager of Château Cheval Blanc, Jacques Hebrard, was outraged at the evaluation of his 1981 vintage barrel samples made by influential wine critic Robert Parker and asked him to re-taste.

The film Sideways features the Cheval Blanc 1961 vintage as a plot element, despite the main character's stated aversion to Merlot and dismissive statements about Cabernet Franc.

Restaurant critic Anton Ego, voiced by Peter O'Toole in the 2007 Disney film Ratatouille, orders a bottle of Cheval Blanc 1947 to accompany "some fresh, clear, well-seasoned perspective".

In the 2008 film Bottle Shock, which tells the story of Chateau Montelena, actor Freddy Rodriguez, depicting Gustavo Brambila, correctly guesses the 1947 Cheval Blanc in a blind taste at a dare in a bar.

In a 2008 novel by Jan Guillou, Men inte om the gäller din dotter ("But Not If it Concerns Your Daughter"), Cheval Blanc 1982 is used as a recognition code between the protagonist Carl Hamilton and journalist Erik Ponti.