On June 20th, 77 guests among international wine merchants, sommeliers and media were invited at Château Cheval Blanc to discover Cheval des Andes, the Grand Cru of the Andes, and to taste its latest release: the 2013 vintage. Cheval des Andes is the perfect alliance between Cheval Blanc, renowned for its skill and savoir-faire in ...
The Cheval des Andes collaboration came to be as the result of one French winemaker’s voyage to the other side of the world and a glass of impressive Argentinean wine.
Visiting Argentina in the 90s, Pierre Lurton, President of Château Cheval Blanc, legendary Premier Grand Cru Classé A of Saint-Emilion, found himself in the sloping plains of the majestic Andes mountains at the Terrazas de los Andes vineyards. Cheval Blanc’s reconnection with...
Situated in the Andes more than a thousand meters above sea level, the vineyard is located in the Las Compuertas district, right at the heart of Vistalba, one of the most distinguished areas in Mendoza. Sitting against this breathtaking backdrop, we occupy 50 hectares of naturally privileged land. Irrigation of the vineyard relies on pure meltwater from the Andes delivered by small furrows located at the foot of the vines. The soil is sandy-lo...
Winemaking steps of Cheval des Andes
1. The different varieties are hand-harvested in the cool hours of the morning.
2. Bunches and berries are thoroughly selected in the facilities. Gravitation filling of fermentation tanks.
3. Alcoholic fermentation is followed by a gentle and prolonged maceration during 30 days average, combining pumping-over and delestage.
4. Varietals undergo 18 months of ageing in French oak barrels. First the ag...
Cheval des Andes inherits its precision viticulture from Terrazas de los Andes, where, after years of identifying terraced slots with the best altitude for the best varietal expression of its different grapes, the team used advanced soil analysis to further divide vineyards into sub-plots, each of which is cultivated, harvested and vinified separately, to optimize the terroir expression of each. Only at the end are they blended together, relyi...
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