Quimera
⏳ Drinking Window
2019 - 2028
🍽️ Food & Wine Pairings
Grilled ribeye steak, roasted leg of lamb, and hearty beef stews.
✨ Technical Specifications
Achaval Ferrer Quimera is a premium red blend produced in Mendoza, Argentina. It is a Bordeaux-style blend typically composed of Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, and Petit Verdot, with the exact proportions varying by vintage. The grapes are sourced from high-altitude vineyards in Luján de Cuyo and the Uco Valley, characterized by alluvial soils and significant diurnal temperature shifts. In the cellar, the wine undergoes fermentation in concrete tanks followed by aging in French oak barrels, typically for approximately 12 months, resulting in a structured, full-bodied wine with integrated tannins and balanced acidity.
🍾 About the Producer
Established in 1998 by Santiago Achával, Manuel Ferrer, Roberto Cipresso, and Italian associates—and later acquired by Tenute del Mondo—Achaval Ferrer stands as an elite vanguard of Argentine viticulture. Operating from Perdriel in Luján de Cuyo, the estate is renowned for championing ancient, low-yielding, ungrafted bush and pergola vines across disparate micro-terroirs along the Mendoza River and into the high-altitude reaches of the Uco Valley. Viticulture is practiced sustainably, eschewing chemical saturation in favor of organic soil treatments, severe green harvesting, and flood-irrigated alluvial and volcanic stony soils. Cellar protocol prioritizes low-intervention handling: unforced natural fermentations in concrete vats without chilling or acidification, subtle aging in fine French oak, and bottling unfined and unfiltered. The estate's pinnacle expressions include the acclaimed Bordeaux blend Quimera and its legendary, site-specific single-vineyard Malbec trilogy: Finca Bella Vista, Finca Mirador, and Finca Altamira, noted for immense structural precision, freshness, and profound mineral depth.