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Lieber Max Mustermann,

in den letzten Monaten ist die Nachfrage nach CHEVAL DES ANDES, den Cheval Blanc aus den Anden, spürbar angestiegen. Das haben wir zum Anlass genommen um die besten Jahrgänge nachzukaufen. Die Weine zählen zur qualitativen Spitze Südamerikas – und das bei Preisen die doch noch deutlich unterhalb der Preise von vergleichbaren südamerikanischen Weinen wie Sena, Almaviva oder Vinedo Chadwick liegen.

Cheval des Andes ist ein Joint Venture von Chateau Cheval Blanc & Terrazas de Los Andes, gegründet 1999.


Wir freuen uns Ihnen anbieten zu können:

CHEVAL DES ANDES 2018
0,75 l @ 89,00 € (118,67 €/l) auf Wunsch in 6er Originalholzkiste (unverbindlich)
Magnum 1,5 l @ 185,00 € (123,33 €/l) auf Wunsch in 3er Originalholzkiste (unverbindlich)

- 98 Punkte JAMES SUCKLING: „This is a plush, rich Cheval with blueberry and floral aromas and flavors. Hints of tar and fresh lavender. Full body. The depth and richness are impressive, as are the ripe yet fresh tannins. Very long and structured, yet controlled and in balance. THIS WILL BE A GREAT WINE INDEED. Release in September 2021. Drink after 2023.“

- 98 Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE; Luis Gutierrez: „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.“

- 98 Punkte DECANTER, Alejandro Iglesias (3.1.2022): „Product of a joint work between Terrazas de los Andes and Cheval Blanc, Cheval des Andes is a Mendoza blend of 70% Malbec – half from Paraje Altamira in the Uco Valley and half from Las Compuertas in Luján de Cuyo – and 30% Cabernet Sauvignon. Aged in barrels and foudres, the nose presents cherries, plums and black and redcurrant over a bed of cedar and spice. Velvety and harmonious in feel, polished tannins and an elegant finish. Drinking Window 2022 – 2033.“

- 96 Punkte DECANTER, Amanda Barnes (25.3.2022): „The finest vintage of Cheval des Andes to date. Sensual notes of ripe red berry fruits interplay with wild herbs, graphite and a hint of violet. A fine texture with great length expressing the concentration of fruit from Las Compuertas and freshness of fruit from Altamira. A great show of the increasing elegance in the modern vintages of this top estate in Argentina. Drinking Window 2022 – 2040.“

- 96 Punkte VINOUS, Joaquin Hidalgo: „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 res 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.“


CHEVAL DES ANDES 2017
0,75 l @ 105,00 € (140,00 €/l) auf Wunsch in 6er Originalholzkiste (unverbindlich)

- 100 Punkte JAMES SUCKLING: "THIS IS THE GREATEST CHEVAL DES ANDES EVER. The integration of fruit, tannins and acidity is fantastic. Full-bodied, tight and solid with beautiful depth and integrity. Extremely long and exciting. Complex and compelling. Available in September 2020. Better after 2024."

- 97+ Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Luis Gutierrez: "In the last few years, a handful of wines from Chile and Argentina - often French owned - have been released in September through the Place de Bordeaux, the network of négociants that sell most of the Bordeaux wines and some of the leading wines from other regions. The 2017 Cheval des Andes is one such wine. 2017 saw an early harvest, but they started picking on the 6th of March and continued until the 10th of April, more or less normal dates, early but not so much. The varietal break down this vintage comes to 62% Malbec and 38% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the wine is slightly riper and higher in alcohol than 2016 (this 2017 is 14.2% alcohol). The different plots fermented separately with selected yeasts, and the élevage lasted for 15 months and was in 50/50 new and second use barrels, 90% of them French and the rest made with wood from Eastern Europe. They used 45% Bordeaux barrels, 45% 400-liter barrels and, for the first time, a 2,500-liter oak foudre. This is clearly the darkest of the trio of vintages I tasted together here - 2015, 2016 and 2017 - but all three have the elegant and powerful profile, the luxurious and creamy character found in the best Bordeaux wines in the last few years, wines of power with precision, concentration, energy and finesse. This seems to combine the clout of the 2015 and the freshness of the 2016 and feels something in between those two vintages. Their work in the vineyard toward the maturity of the tannins meant the challenge in 2017 was to not let the grapes ripen too fast and too early. The work is different for Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec, to get round tannins in Cabernet and get some tension in Malbec, the contrary of the normal tendency of the varieties. 2017 has less ripeness than the 2015 but more density than the 2016. The texture is velvety, precise and harmonious. This year, they introduced a larger foudre for 10% of the wine, with the aim to reach 20%, so that volume is increasing every year. I think this is showing more precision, and in a more challenging year, they managed to keep the quality on par with 2016. They have changed the label this year, to a cleaner and more elegant label that also reflects the direction the wine is going in. 81,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in January 2019."


CHEVAL DES ANDES 2016
0,75 l @ 89,00 € (118,67 €/l) auf Wunsch in 6er Originalholzkiste (unverbindlich)

- 99 Punkte James Suckling: “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.“

- 97+ Punkte R. Parkers Wine Advocate, L. Gutierrez: “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!“

- Notizen des Weinguts: “« Exceptional » is the word we can use to describe the 2016 harvest. The new vintage was cropped from a completely unusual year due to unstable temperatures – cooler than the average and with an exceptional amount of rain marked by El Niño, a cyclical phenomenon caused by the warming of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This resulted in heavy rainfall between October and December. 
Thanks to the spring rainfall during budburst and veraison, the phenological cycle was delayed by 20 days. On one hand , due to higher temperatures followed by a dry summer, the vines produced lower yields than usual. While on the other hand they produced small but rich and concentrated berries.
Following a careful selection process, the vintage was vinified in small stainless-steel vats (80hl). The 2016 vintage was aged for 14 months in oak; 2/3 in 225 litre barriques and 1/3 in larger 400 litre barrels.
70% of the wine was aged in new oak and 30% in 1-year-old barrels. All of the barrels were made from oak from Central France. The barrels used to age this vintage of Cheval des Andes were made by world-class French coopers.
In the 2016 vintage, 100% of the grapes came from the top ‘terroirs’ of Las Compuertas and La Consulta. The resulting wines have good ageing potential and are notable by their precision, balance and freshness. 
BLEND: Malbec (58%), Cabernet Sauvignon (37%) , Petit Verdot (5%).”


CHEVAL DES ANDES 2014
0,75 l @ 89,00 € (118,67 €/l) auf Wunsch in 6er Originalholzkiste (unverbindlich)

- 97 Punkte Robert Parkers WINE ADVOCATE, Luis Gutierrez: „The 2014 Cheval des Andes is a different blend than previous years and contains a high percentage of Malbec and more Petit Verdot than Cabernet Sauvignon. This reflects the strict selection they had to do in a rainy year that was very challenging for Cabernet Sauvignon, especially in certain parts of the traditional vine-growing regions of Mendoza. The final breakdown of the blend is 83% Malbec, 9% Petit Verdot and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. It is from the first of a series of three wet vintages where they see lower temperatures as an advantage to get where they want to go. They are more after elegance, freshness and complexity rather than power. In this vintage, they only used 15% new oak for the élevage in order to preserve the fresh aromatic expression of Malbec, and the aging lasted 15 months. It's incredibly fresh and floral, superbly balanced and very charming. This is the year with the most Malbec ever; it was an accident, but it was the kind of Malbec they like. They generally aim to have more Cabernet in the blend, but that wasn't possible in this low-yielding vintage. The palate is very balanced and elegant, with very good freshness and some restraint, not alcoholic or sweet at all. They find a lot of similarities with 2014 in Bordeaux—classical, fresh, quite transparent and juicy but precise. This has to be the best Cheval des Andes I've tried so far. They tell me this is the first vintage that really follows the style they want to produce in Argentina, with balance, complexity and freshness, away from high alcohol, extraction, oak and excess. The style will be slightly different since there will be more Cabernet Sauvignon, and their final target might be around 50/50 Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon. 31,116 bottles, 845 magnums and 50 jeroboams were filled in December 2015.“

- Notizen des Weinguts: „The inaugural 1997 vintage of this Cabernet Sauvignon and Malbec blend set a new standard of quality for wines from South America when it won a series of blind tastings against other prestigious cuvées from around the world.
VINEYARD: Harvest time varies depending on each lot's soil composition. Harvest time can vary by several weeks between one lot and another within the same vineyard.
La Pirámide Vineyard: 3,117 ft (950 m). Agrelo District, Luján de Cuyo Region, Mendoza, Argentina. Deep alluvial loam with 30% clay that decreases soil temperature by 35,6ºF (2ºC) in average. Cabernet Sauvignon.
Nicasia Vineyard: 3,593 ft (1,095 m). Altamira en La Consulta District, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina. Very shallow loamy topsoil with surface gravel and gravelly (large stones) dry river bed subsoil - optimal drainage. Malbec.
Adrianna Vineyard: 4,757 ft (1,450 m). Gualtallary District, Tupungato Region, Uco Valley, Mendoza, Argentina.Alluvial, gravelly with limestone deposits in the topsoil. Malbec.
Varietal: 83% Cabernet Sauvignon, 17% Malbec; Unfined and unfiltered. 14,0 % vol.
VINIFICATION: 10% whole cluster and 90% whole berry fruit is hand-loaded into 225-500 liter first and second use French oak foudres for a 100% barrel fermentation for a period of 15 days, allowing seamless oak integration. The fermentation temperature is kept low, extracting intense aromas, and the cap management is done by hand to ensure soft, gentle flavors and tannin extraction. Wild yeasts. Alcoholic and malolactic fermentation in barrel leaves considerable lees and sediment. The wine is aged in French oak barrels for 18 months. 210 separate row microvinifications from different lots and harvest times.“


Ab einer Bestellung von 3 Flaschen , gerne auch alle lagernden Weine Cheval des Andes sortiert, erfolgt die Lieferung innerhalb von Deutschland frei Haus, ab 3 Flaschen auch nach Österreich. Sollten bei Online-Bestellungen Versandkosten angezeigt werden, entfernen wir später die Versandkosten bei der Auftragsbearbeitung manuell. Auch hier angebotene Rabatte arbeiten wir händisch ein. 
Die Preise sind inklusive 19 % Mwst angegeben. Das Angebot ist gültig so lange die Mengen reichen bzw. bis zum 30. 7. 2022. Bei Lieferadressen in Österreich wird die österreichische Mwst von 20 % fällig.

Über Ihr Interesse würden wir uns sehr freuen.

Herzliche Grüße aus Burghausen

Josef Schreiblehner & Team

Cheval des Andes	Spirit of the Andes	Bodega Chacra
Sena	Almaviva	Koyle
Lapostolle	Penfolds	Noon

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