Terrazas de Los Andes
2023 Terrazas Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon
2023 Terrazas Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon
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Winemaker Notes
The 2023 Terrazas de los Andes Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon reveals a brilliant, deep garnet-red color with subtle violet highlights in the glass. Harvested early to capture Mendoza's high-altitude mountain freshness, the bouquet opens with an expressive blend of crisp redcurrant and fresh blueberry notes, nicely framed by savory kitchen herbs like thyme and rosemary alongside aromatic cardamom spice. On the palate, the wine balances a medium-to-full body with a remarkably soft, juicy mid-palate texture that highlights ripe blackberry and mulberry flavors. Balanced acidity delivers a subtle, energetic tension across the tongue, weaving together sweet, fine-grained, yet gripping tannins before giving way to a rich and persistent finish layered with nuanced hints of hazelnut cream, vanilla, and caramel from French oak aging.
About Winery
A joint venture between Chateau Cheval Blanc and Terrazas De Los Andes, this wine is a groundbreaking blend of legendary Bordeaux "First Growth" winemaking expertise with the very best terroir in Argentina.
Cheval des Andes originated as Director Pierre Lurton sought out a special international terroir in which to apply the storied blending heritage of the French chateau. Lurton was intrigued by the notion of unearthing a connection with the Saint Émilion past: Malbec, decimated by phylloxera in the 1860s from its position as the one of the most important varieties in Saint Emilion and Pomerol, had since been reincarnated in ungrafted form in Argentina, producing some of the world's best Malbecs in recent years.
Cheval Blanc's reconnection with its past was consummated in 1999 as Pierre Lurton visited a select parcel of the most treasured high elevation terroir in Argentina: Terrazas de los Andes' 76-year-old Las Compuertas vineyard, found in Vistalba, Mendoza. In resulting launch vintages of 2001 and 2002, according to Pierre Lurton, Cheval des Andes has proven to "fit in the spirit of Cheval Blanc," refined and elegant in its Bordeaux style, while displaying the characteristic fruit intensity of its Argentine roots.
Winemaker Notes
The 2023 Terrazas de los Andes Reserva Cabernet Sauvignon reveals a brilliant, deep garnet-red color with subtle violet highlights in the glass. Harvested early to capture Mendoza's high-altitude mountain freshness, the bouquet opens with an expressive blend of crisp redcurrant and fresh blueberry notes, nicely framed by savory kitchen herbs like thyme and rosemary alongside aromatic cardamom spice. On the palate, the wine balances a medium-to-full body with a remarkably soft, juicy mid-palate texture that highlights ripe blackberry and mulberry flavors. Balanced acidity delivers a subtle, energetic tension across the tongue, weaving together sweet, fine-grained, yet gripping tannins before giving way to a rich and persistent finish layered with nuanced hints of hazelnut cream, vanilla, and caramel from French oak aging.
About Winery
A joint venture between Chateau Cheval Blanc and Terrazas De Los Andes, this wine is a groundbreaking blend of legendary Bordeaux "First Growth" winemaking expertise with the very best terroir in Argentina.
Cheval des Andes originated as Director Pierre Lurton sought out a special international terroir in which to apply the storied blending heritage of the French chateau. Lurton was intrigued by the notion of unearthing a connection with the Saint Émilion past: Malbec, decimated by phylloxera in the 1860s from its position as the one of the most important varieties in Saint Emilion and Pomerol, had since been reincarnated in ungrafted form in Argentina, producing some of the world's best Malbecs in recent years.
Cheval Blanc's reconnection with its past was consummated in 1999 as Pierre Lurton visited a select parcel of the most treasured high elevation terroir in Argentina: Terrazas de los Andes' 76-year-old Las Compuertas vineyard, found in Vistalba, Mendoza. In resulting launch vintages of 2001 and 2002, according to Pierre Lurton, Cheval des Andes has proven to "fit in the spirit of Cheval Blanc," refined and elegant in its Bordeaux style, while displaying the characteristic fruit intensity of its Argentine roots.
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