The Cuvelier family wine journey began in 1804 in France as a wine merchant and over the next 100 years acquired several estates in Bordeaux, including Château Léoville Poyferré, Château Moulin Riche and Château Le Crock.
In recent times, merging two centuries of French know-how with the Argentine experience and the Mendoza terroir, the Cuvelier Family launched Cuvelier Los Andes, with 55 hectares of organic and biodynamic vineyards in the Valle de Uco, planted with Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah, Petit Verdot, and Cabernet Franc.
Michel Rolland, Advising Oenologist at Château Léoville-Poyferré and Château Le Crock, Cuvelier family properties for more than a century, offered Bertrand and Jean-Guy Cuvelier the opportunity to invest in his Andean project.
Seduced by Mendoza and by the”Clos de Los Siete” project, they decided to launch Cuvelier Los Andes.
Seeking to implement their Grand Cru Classé de Bordeaux production techniques in the Uco Valley, they developed wines of excellence, with a signature Bordeaux style, and created Malbec-based blends, which are proudly presented as the Argentine cousins of Château Léoville-Poyferré.
From the beginning, the family decided to entrust the future of Cuvelier Los Andes to a Mendoza winemaker with vast experience, Adrian Manchón, First Winemaker and General Manager.
Since 2009, Baptiste and Guillaume Cuvelier, the next generation of the family, are in charge of the estate and are taking Cuvelier Los Andes wines to the best and most demanding markets in the world.
Grand Vin is our “First Label”. We like to introduce our Grand Vin as the Argentinean cousin of Château Léoville-Poyferré, 2nd Grand Cru Classé from Saint-Julien, our family’s most renowned Estate in Bordeaux, France. Grand Vin is an exceptional Bordeaux-style blend, with an impressive tannic structure from our best Malbec, rounded, balanced and completed with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Petit Verdot.
Collection is the second label behind Grand Vin as we understand it in Bordeaux.
In other words, a cut with a very similar composition, not with as much aging potential but very accessible and easy to drink young, in which the elegance and finesse of a Bordeaux blend are noticeable, as well as the concentration and power of Mendoza.
