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2007 Cheval des Andes, Mendoza, Argentina

  • Red
  • Dry
  • Medium Bodied
  • Malbec (45%), Cabernet Sauvignon (45%), Petit Verdot (6%), Merlot (2%), Cabernet Franc (2%)
Ready - mature (Drink 2012 - 2027)
Neal Martin
91/100
Product: 20078024556

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2007 Cheval des Andes, Mendoza, Argentina
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2007
Maturity Ready - mature (2012 - 2027)
Grape List Malbec (45%), Cabernet Sauvignon (45%), Petit Verdot (6%), Merlot (2%), Cabernet Franc (2%)
Body Medium Bodied
Producer Cheval des Andes

Critics reviews

Neal Martin 91/100
The 2007 Cheval des Andes is a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Malbec, 4% Merlot and 1% Petit Verdot that is aged for 18 months in oak. Tasted on two occasions, it was unexpectedly bashful and unresponsive on first acquaintance. The second meeting was more promising. It offers a ripe bouquet of raspberry coulis, strawberry, vanilla and cedar, augmented by cigar box with a little aeration. It is well-defined, and the oak is neatly folded into the fruit. The palate is fleshy in the mouth, to the point where you would think it was more Merlot than Cabernet Sauvignon. It is nicely balanced, although I searched for more backbone and structure, especially on the finish, which is delineated but laconic. It is undoubtedly a very pleasurable wine, but I feel it could give so much more. Drink now-2017.
Neal Martin, Vinous.com (Oct 2012)

About this wine

Malbec

Known as Auxerrois in Cahors, Cot in the Loire and Malbeck in Argentina, this grape has undergone a mini renaissance in the last decade, largely fuelled by its success in South America. It used to be a staple component of the Bordeaux Blend, but it never recovered fully from the 1956 frosts and its plantings there have fallen by 75% as growers have replaced it with more fashionable, and crucially, more durable grapes.
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Mendoza

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Cheval des Andes

Cheval des Andes is a wine estate in Mendoza, Argentina. It is a collaboration between Château Cheval Blanc of Bordeaux and Terrazas de los Andes of Mendoza.
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