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Cheval des Andes 2016
HED55041
75 cl
13.5%
£85.00
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Founded in 1999 in one of Argentina’s best renowned regions – Luján de Cuyo in the north of Mendoza – Cheval des Andes symbolizes the perfect synergy between the French art of blending and New World creative innovation.
The 2016 is a beautifully fresh and vibrant release from a slightly cooler vintage. The first vintage to incorporate 100% estate-grown fruit, it is a blend of 58% Malbec, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot, vinified in stainless steel and matured in a combination of barriques and 400-litre barrels for 14 months. Of recent releases it has perhaps just a little more tension and youthful austerity, but this should only serve to help this wine age wonderfully over the next 10-15 years.
98 Jane Anson
Immediately seductive floral and smoke notes. The complexity in the construction of the wine is clear - precise cassis and blueberry along with slate, scorched earth and the seductive, succulent and powerful spice of Malbec. Excellent quality, with liqourice root and violet curling out of the glass. First year with 100% of grapes from their own plots, entirely given over to Cheval des Andes, without any from Terrazas de los Andes. Lorenzo Pasquini winemaker. 70% new oak.Jane Anson26th October 2021
95 Vinous
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 Tanzer1st September 2019
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