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Cheval des Andes 2018 150cl

Mendoza | Argentina
CHF 178.35
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98 Robert Parker
The 2018 Cheval des Andes is a blend of 70% Malbec and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon fermented in small lots in 3,000- to 8,000-liter tanks and matured 40% in 225-liter oak barrels, 40% in 400-liter oak barrels and the remaining 20% in 2,500-liter oak vats for 13 months. Ninety percent of the oak used was French and the rest a blend of Austrian, Slovenian and German oak, 50% of it new. 2018 has been one of the best vintages in recent times in Mendoza, and the wine shows it. It's a cooler vintage, and the wine has improved in freshness and elegance without losing any clout. It's 14.5% alcohol and has a pH of 3.73. This is young, juicy, elegant and balanced and still has some herbal and toasted notes; it's medium to full-bodied, with the creamy and luxurious texture of the modern Bordeaux, ultra fine tannins and a long, dry and precise finish. It's still undeveloped and seems to have all the components and the balance between them for a long and positive development in bottle. With wines like this, I sometimes wish I had a time machine so I could see them in 20 years from now... I think this is the finest Cheval des Andes I've ever tasted. 100,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2020.
96 Vinous
The 2018 Cheval Des Andes is a blend of 70% Malbec – half from Las Compuertas and half from Paraje Altamira – and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon from Las Compuertas. It was aged in barrels and foudres, 50% in new oak. Purplish red in the glass. It shows an expressively complex nose of plum, cherry and hints of spice, pepper, ink, blackberry, and blackcurrant. The oak provides a profound and subtle backdrop of sweet spice. In the mouth, it’s viscous and broad with a little juice, velvety in texture and with very fine tannins. The finish is long-lasting with a satisfying feel. A relaxed, delicate, extremely well-balanced wine with a more generous core than the 2017 vintage.
92 Wine Spectator
Big and rich, with expressive beef and earthy notes to the dark plum and roasted dark cherry flavors, which are backed by firm tannins and acidity. Creamy in the midpalate, with hints of dried green herbs and dark chocolate on the finish. Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. Drink now through 2026. 7,500 cases made, 2,500 cases imported. — KM
Produttore
Cheval des Andes
Cheval des Andes è un'imponente tenuta, sintesi del vecchio mondo di Saint-Émilion, situata lungo i terroir d'altura dell'Argentina. Rappresenta anche la prima e unica partnership della tenuta Premier Grand Cru Château Cheval Blanc. Il responsabile, il defunto Pierre Lurton, si avvicinò a Terrazas de los Andes nel 1999, proponendo un progetto di vini di alta gamma. Tra le colline della cordigliera delle Ande, il vigneto di 50 ettari è impiantato con cinque varietà di uva: Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot e Petit Verdot. Su una delle più grandi proprietà argentine della regione, Luján de Cuyo, le uve vengono raccolte a mano e fermentate in botti di rovere per 18 mesi prima dell'assemblaggio. Con pratiche di savoir-faire locale nel vigneto e tramite meticolosi metodi di vinificazione francesi, il vino risultante è il meglio dei due mondi. Riconosciuto come "Grand Cru del Nuovo Mondo", Cheval des Andes, secondo Lurton stesso, è un "vino esotico con un tocco bordolese".