2011 Cuvelier Los Andes Coleccion Red Blend Vista Flores Argentina

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    Cuvelier Los Andes

    Cuvelier Los Andes is the new project of the Cuvelier family in Argentina that was started in 1999 as part of the Clos de los Siete Group. The idea is to create the Argentinean cousin of Chateau Léoville-Poyferré, a 2nd classified growth in St Julien (Bordeaux) that the Cuvelier family has owned since the early 1900’s.

    Cuvelier Los Andes is a 70 hectares (170 acres) estate base in Valle de Uco, Mendoza, at the foothills of the Andes producing 2 ranges of premiums and super premiums red wines.

    The top range wine is called Cuvelier Los Andes Grand Vin.

    Robert Parker’s Wine Advocate 92+ Points
    “The 2007 Gran Vin is a blend of 73% Malbec, 19% Cabernet Sauvignon, and 8% Merlot aged in French oak for 18 months. Saturated purple in color, it offers up an alluring bouquet of smoke, incense, Asian spices, and black cherry, with a hint of chocolate in the background. Full-bodied, layered, and opulent, the wine has superb depth of flavor, excellent integration of oak, tannin, and acidity, and a lengthy, fruit-filled finish. Dive it 4-6 years more bottle age and drink it from 2014 to 2027. Bodega Cuvelier Los Andes, owned by Bertrand and Jean-Guy Cuvelier, (who own Ch Leoville-Proyfere) is another consulting client of the peripatetic Michel Rolland.

    Wine Spectator: 89 points

    A juicy style, with fresh boysenberry, plum and raspberry flavors supported by crisp acidity and muscular tannins. Notes of tar and slate show on the dense, chewy finish. Needs some time to settle down. Best from 2015 through 2021. 5,000 cases imported.

    Review date: September 2014

    Robert Parker's Wine Advocate: 91 points

    The 2011 Coleccion Blend is a multi-grape blend consisting of 58% Malbec, 18% Cabernet Sauvignon, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Syrah and 4% Merlot fermented in inox and partially aged in French oak barrels (60%) and is the top wine produced in 2011, a disastrous vintage for the winery, when 75% of their crop was destroyed by hail and they didn’t produce Grand Vin or Grand Malbec, so I suppose the best fruit went into this cuvee. For a cool vintage with plenty of challenges, the wine reached 15% alcohol, so don’t expect any green aromas or diluted flavors here. The nose is a powerful combination of dark plums, espresso coffee, Belgian chocolate and shy hints of red cherries with a full-bodied palate and abundant, fine-grained tannins, moderate acidity and good length, no doubt lifted by the alcohol. This is a big, ripe blend, slightly international, in need of some bottle aging. 42,000 bottles were produced in 2011. Drink 2015-2021.

    Review date: April 2014