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Il vino
- Colore
- Rosso
- Alcol
- 13.5% vol
Punteggi della critica
- Robert Parker / Wine Advocate 97+
The new vintage to be released in September 2019 is the 2016 Cheval des Andes, which was cropped from a completely unusual year—cooler than the average and with an exceptional amount of rain (around 600 liters), yet the wine has achieved exceptional freshness. It's 13.9% alcohol, and there's more red fruit on the nose, which is subtle and elegant, a little closed at first, shy and subtle. They have done great adjustments in the élevage, with the wine matured in 30% to 40% 400-liter barrels and only some 40% new wood. It's 58% Malbec (approximately 50/50 from Luján and Valle de Uco, where they have 15 hectares in Altamira), 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. This has less structure than the 2015, but there's more tension; this is a wine that should develop beautifully in bottle. This is a vintage of precision and with great aging potential. I think this wine is the most elegant produced so far. Bravo! 64,000 bottles produced.
- James Suckling 99
Super refined and beautiful with flowers, spices, dried fruit and hints of stones. Medium to full body with very fine tannins and a gorgeous finish. Shows great finesse and depth. Savory character, as always, but in check. Drink in 2022.
- Vinous 95
Bright, dark red-ruby. Wild, musky scents and flavors of black raspberry, black pepper, olive tapenade, licorice and rocky salinity. Plush, savory and seamless; a mouthcoating Malbec-based blend with superb depth and palate presence. As concentrated as this wine is, it's medium-bodied in the style of this cooler year but also remarkably nuanced and harmonious from the start, communicating an impression of restrained sweetness. Finishes extremely long and edge-free, with noble tannins and palate-saturating breadth. Incidentally, with this 2016, Cheval des Andes is now made entirely with estate fruit, from their properties in La Compuertas and Altamira. (aged in 70% new oak) -- Stephen Tanzer
Il 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, 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".