Cheval des Andes Cheval Des Andes 2018 0.75 L Flasche

Alles über Cheval des Andes Cheval Des Andes 2018 0.75 L Flasche 2018

- 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.
- 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, its 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.
- 96 Punkte DECANTER, Amanda Barnes: 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 ;