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About Cheval des Andes winery

Cheval des Andes is the result of a collaboration between two iconic wineries in France and in Argentina: Château Cheval Blanc in Saint Emilion and Terrazas de los Andes in Mendoza.

In 1998, Pierre Lurton, general manager at Cheval Blanc, was asked to find the best site for the winery. He studied the different terroirs of Las Compuertas with Roberta de la Mota and decided to combine Cheval Blanc’s experience with Malbec’s most pure expression. Cheval des Andes has inherited Château Cheval Blanc’s attention to detail, skills and techniques as well as the passion and commitment that has passed from generation to generation.

Under the hand of local winemaker Gerald Gabillet and the technical team at Cheval Blanc, Cheval des Andes makes just one wine from the very best plots of their old-vine Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petit Verdot. Each harvest at Cheval des Andes tells its own story and is a pure expression of the climate and the vineyard conditions.

Cheval owns two vineyards, one in Las Compuertas in Luján planted in 1929, and another in La Consulta in the Uco Valley planted in 1945. The result is an age-worthy and sophisticated red blend which evolves beautifully in the cellar, showing the fine wine potential of Malbec blends. The first official vintage was in 2001 and if you ever have the chance to do a vertical tasting, the wines aptly show Cheval’s increasingly more delicate approach in the winemaking and refined vineyard focus. A deserving icon of Mendoza.