Château Cheval Blanc the wine. The film "Sideways" features the Cheval Blanc 1961 vintage as a plot element, despite the main character’s stated aversion to Merlot. Sean Connery drinks Château Cheval Blanc in the 1983 James Bond movie "Never Say Never Again". 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
Ratatouille (film) up Skinner and a health inspector to prevent them revealing that rats are cooking, and when Ego requests to see the chef, Linguini and Colette make him wait until the other diners have left before introducing Remy. Ego is stunned and writes a positive review for the newspaper, stating that Gusteau's chef is "nothing less than the finest chef in France." Upon the release of the health inspector Gusteau's is forced to close due to the presence of rats violating health regulations and Ego loses his job as a critic. He then funds and frequents the popular new bistro, La