Terrazas

The Terrazas de los Andes winemaking team is composed of a seasoned cadre of both oenologists and vineyard managers with a combined 100+ years of experience in Mendoza and European winemaking. This core team has been in place since the founding of Terrazas de los Andes in 1999, and responsible for the quality, style and evolution of all Terrazas de los Andes vineyard properties and wines. The team has also directed and guided the evolution of Cheval des Andes, the Terrazas de los Andes joint venture with Cheval Blanc. This pioneering partnership continues as a collaboration between the Cheval Blanc and Terrazas de los Andes teams with the objective of combining Bordeaux winemaking expertise with Mendoza´s ideal elevation terroir to produce an iconic assemblage that leads country origin from Argentina.

The winemaking philosophy of Terrazas de los Andes is based on cross-fertilization and integration of vineyard management and winemaking teams. This multidisciplinary approach takes form through the Terrazas de los Andes Technical Committee, which guides all primary quality, production and style decisions. With the vision of becoming the #1 value exporter from Argentina, Terrazas de los Andes has generated a track record of unquestionable product quality, and has pioneered winemaking at the ideal elevation based on 45 years of Bodegas Chandon experience in Mendoza.

For more information on Terrazas de los Andes winemaking team see the below profiles.

Manuel is the winemaking director at Bodegas Chandon and Terrazas de los Andes. Manuel is a native of Portugal and hails from a prominent European winemaking family. Since his early childhood, spent roaming the cellars of the family winery – Cavas Messias –, wine has been Manuel´s life passion. Prior to coming to Mendoza, Manuel was a researcher, professor, and head of winemaking for Bodega Rozes. Manuel has been based for the past seven years with his wife, Alicia, and two sons, Manuel and Pedro, in Mendoza, Argentina, and he enjoys scuba diving, horseback riding and sports.
Manuel has undergraduate, Agricultural Engineering, and Oenological Technology degrees at the Polytechnic University, Madrid.

Martin is the vineyards director at Bodegas Chandon and Terrazas de los Andes. Martin has developed 24 years of expertise in high altitude, Mendoza vineyard managment, including roles at Bodegas & Viñedos Litoral, Establecimiento La Rural and fifteen years at Bodegas Chandon. He started in 1991 as purchasing analyst and then was promoted as vineyards chief. In 2002 he became oenologist general manager and recently promoted as vineyards director. He has 3 children, Florencia, Julián and Consuelo, enjoys reading and practices sports like football and rugby.
Martin received his agricultural engineering degree from the National Cuyo University, Mendoza, Argentina, and has participated in the Alta Direccion Leadership Program, also in Mendoza, Argentina.

Carlos is vineyard manager, Terrazas de los Andes, and responsible for Las Compuertas Vineyard, the winery´s treasured 1929 own-rooted Malbec property. Carlos began his professional career as a full-time researcher on the physiology of grape vines at faculty of the National Cuyo University, Mendoza, Argentina. For the past thirteen years Carlos has been responsible for the care and management of Terrazas de los Andes top vineyard properties. In 1993 he started as vineyards responsible then was promoted to vineyards chief in 2002 to become vineyard manager in 2004. He was born in Mendoza, is married and has 2 children, Gabriela and Andrés. He loves music and enjoys swimming.
Carlos received his degree in agronomy at the National Cuyo University, Mendoza, Argentina, followed by graduate work in viticulture, oenology and as a Viticulture Master.

Adrian is winemaker at Terrazas de los Andes, where he has resided professionally since 2004. Adrian worked for several years in vineyard planning and management at Tecnotar, Argentina, where he added hands-on agricultural work to his diverse experiences in winemaking at Bodegas y Viñedos San Jorge, Bodega Navarro Correa, and Fabre Montmayou (Mendoza) and Domaine La Chevaliere-Beziers (France). A Mendoza native, Adrian enjoys mountain-biking, trekking and fishing in the foothills of the towering Andes mountains.
Adrian has degrees in agricultural engineering and winemaking from National Cuyo University, Mendoza, Argentina, and a master´s degree in Viticulture and Oenology from ENSAM (Montpellier, France).