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Flechas De Los Andes - Gran Corte - Malbec2020

RED WINE

PUBLIC
June 2025
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Flechas De Los Andes - Gran Corte - Malbec label
  • Producer Flechas de los Andes
  • Blend 20% Cabernet Franc
    60% Malbec
    20% Syrah
  • Country Argentina
  • Region Mendoza
  • UPC 8 94597 00202 4

Reviews

James Suckling 94

A rich and juicy Gran Corte of cabernet franc and malbec with plenty of sweet blackberries, violets and stones. Juicy and broad on the full-bodied palate with fine, sleek tannins. Very young and slightly monolithic now.

by ZS, James Suckling , 2023

Vinous Media 95

The 2020 Gran Corte is a co-fermentation of 60% Malbec and 40% Cabernet Franc and was half-aged in new French oak barrels and half in foudres and used barrels for 18 months. Dark purple with a garnet sheen in the glass. On the nose, it offers balsamic notes along with blackberry and hints of ash, camphor and bay leaf. Dry and intense on the palate, the delicate, juicy, expansive flow soars over a velvety texture before the long, dark fruit finish. The 2020 achieves a lovely harmony rarely seen among the 2020 reds.

by JH, Vinous Media , 2023

Technical Details

Description

Flechas de los Andes was born from the partnership between Baron Benjamin de Rothschild and Laurent Dassault, as the result of their research of a great terroir at the foot of the Andes in the Mendoza region. Each harvest is handpicked, hand selected, and then fermented with high quality requirements in the most modern equipment.

The name "Flechas de los Andes" or "Andes arrows" refers to the 5 arrows, symbol of the Rothschild family (symbolizing the five brothers at the origin of this dynasty of entrepreneurs). At the foot of the Andes, 120 km south of Mendoza, the Malbec variety rules as the king of this unique terroir. This wine "Gran Malbec " was created to achieve a Malbec of high range, faithful representative of the both families Rothschild and Dassault are aiming to produce a great Argentinian Malbec.

Tasting notes

Classic Uco Valley aromas of deep berry fruits are touched-up by oak that lends tobacco and vanilla to the nose. On the palate the pretty cherry, plum and raspberry flavors are Bordeaux-like, with nice acidity on the finish. Drink through 2028—this will last for ages.

Technical data

Appellation: Vista Flores, Uco Valley – 120 km south of Mendoza – Argentina.
Altitude: 1,100m.
Vineyard area: 110 ha.
Soil type: Granite, sand, and gravel from the Andes.
Vine density: 5,800 vines/ha.
Average age of the vines: 17 years.
Soil management: Natural grass cover and drip irrigation.
Pruning: Double guyot.
Harvest: Hand-picking and sorting of all the grapes.
Winemaking: Vats filled by gravity flow. Cold maceration and fermentation in stainless steel tanks.
Ageing: 100% in new barrels for 24 months.