Grands crus atlas
Area under vine at the estate, from its technical sheet — it does not change from one vintage to the next. Each vintage’s blend, by contrast, departs from it: that figures on its own page. The estate does not publish the share of each grape variety: they are listed without proportions.
Relief exaggerated ×10 · elevation 1045 to 1065 m · average slope 1.4°
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Footprint, parcels and their split are measured on the Compagnie Médocaine’s own parcel survey; elevation, slope and aspect on the Mapbox terrain-rgb digital terrain model, derived from IGN’s RGE ALTI over France. Compare with the blend on the technical sheet, at the top of the page: the two answer different questions.
Cheval des Andes, the Grand Cru of the Andes, is the fruit of the coming together of two long-established cultures, blending the vision and expertise of Château Cheval Blanc with the high-altitude viticulture of the Mendoza region. In this landscape of demanding climatic conditions, Malbec and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes come together in a blend born at the foot of the Andes.
| Vintage | Best score | Vintage character | Technical sheet |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 100 Jeb Dunnuck | Temperatures within Mendoza's norms but rainfall well above average — 374 mm at Las Compuertas against a 200 mm average — and coulure that thinned the crop; the late-season weather that set in by mid-February carried ripening through to harvest. | fiche · PDF |
| 2021 | 98 James Suckling | A cool, wet season, with summer rainfall twice that of the previous vintage, gave wines of great aromatic complexity, carried by their natural freshness. | fiche · PDF |
| 2020 | 98 Wine Advocate | Unusual March rains forced an early harvest: lighter wines, carried by fruit. | fiche · PDF |
| 2019 | 98 Wine Advocate | Spring rains, three early-summer heat waves, then dry weather with wide diurnal swings gave ripe, powerful wines with even ripening. | fiche · PDF |
“Best score”: the highest score recorded for this wine, with its source. “Character”: the overall reading of the year across the appellation, which an estate may depart from.
Availability, allocations and terms: the Compagnie Médocaine will reply promptly. The estate and vintage are already filled in in the message.
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For this vintage, the media library contains: packshots, labels, lifestyle photos. High-definition packshots, labels, back labels and lifestyle photos are reserved for clients and partners, on the Compagnie Médocaine’s VinCod media library.
Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.