Super refined and beautiful with flowers, spices, dried fruit and hints of stones. Medium to full body with very fine tannins and a gorgeous finish. Shows great finesse and depth. Savory character, as always, but in check. Drink in 2022.

Immediately seductive floral and smoke notes. The complexity in the construction of the wine is clear - precise cassis and blueberry along with slate, scorched earth and the seductive, succulent and powerful spice of Malbec. Excellent quality, with liqourice root and violet curling out of the glass. First year with 100% of grapes from their own plots, entirely given over to Cheval des Andes, without any from Terrazas de los Andes. Lorenzo Pasquini winemaker. 70% new oak.

(97+ points) I also tasted the 2015 and 2016 next to the newly released 2017 to give it some context and to see the evolution and changes implemented in the last few years. The 2016 Cheval des Andes is probably the freshest wine produced to date and the first vintage when they used 100% own grapes. Of the trio of vintages tasted together—2015, 2016 and 2017—this is the one with less alcohol and more freshness, and it remains a more austere expression, reflecting a cooler and wetter year that resulted in a less exuberant wine, a benchmark for freshness. I'm looking forward to 2018 to see where they go in the next cool vintage after this 2016... - Luis Gutiérrez

The 2016 Cheval Des Andes is drinking nicely, with complex, nuanced aromas and flavors of red and black currants, green tobacco, cedarwood, damp earth, and spring flowers. A blend of 58% Malbec, 37% Cabernet Sauvignon, and the rest Petit Verdot brought up in 40% new French oak, it's already in its drink window, has medium-bodied richness, nicely integrated acidity, and supple tannins. It's certainly a Bordeaux lover’s Mendoza that, while not green per se, certainly has more herbal, leafy, complex nuances. Drink it over the coming decade.