Gran Enemigo Gualtallary 2018

EL ENEMIGO

Gran Enemigo Gualtallary
2018

$369.30*

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Product code
868894
Format
1 x 1500ml
Listing type
Private Retail - Special Order
Status
Available
Type of product
Still wine
Country
Argentina
Regulated designation
Dénomination origine (DOC)
Region
Mendoza
Varietal(s)
Cabernet Franc 85 %
Malbec 15 %
Colour
Red
Sugar
Dry
Closure type
Cork
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About this winery

El Enemigo, “the enemy”. The struggle that most defines us in our lives is the one that we wage with our selves. We are all our own worst enemies. This is the credo behind the name on the label. The wines of El Enemigo are enigmatic, charismatic, and verging on iconoclastic. In that way the wines reflect their maker, Alejandro Vigil, an almost Picasso-like personality. “Ale”, as he is known, is the head winemaker at the iconic Bodega Catena Zapata, but he has many loves. He consults,...

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Product notes

Vineyards: Malbec, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot from Gualtallary, Tupungato, 1470 111 / 4,822 ft. High density (10.000 plants per hectare). Petit Verdot from Agrelo, 930 111 / 3051 ft.

Production notes

Fermentation in barrel, average temperature: 22°C. Cold maceration for 5 days. Averaoe maceration 23 days. 30% whole bunch. French oak barrels 2nd and 3rd use. 5 different harvest times (1,5 months between the first and the last one). 15 months in 100 year old foudre.

Press reviews

Wine Advocate

- 98 points -

November 2022 (Vintage 2018)

One of the finest and more regular wines from Argentina, the 2018 Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard is austere and shows restraint, with great freshness and gobsmacking balance and complexity, but in the context of the 2019 and 2020 vintages that I also tasted next to it, it comes thorough as slightly less refined but still with 13.5% alcohol and with very good parameters of acidity and freshness. It has a medium-bodied palate and a rare combination of power and elegance, with very fine, chalky tannins. It's very long and has a salty and tasty finish. It matured in centenary oak foudres for 15 months. 9,000 bottles were filled in July 2019.

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Descorchados

- 96 points -

December 2021 (Vintage 2018)

A savage example of Gualtallary, nearly 1,500 meters up in the northern Uco Valley. This is rich in herbal tones, as is dictated by the dominant variety (cabernet franc), especially if you consider that at this altitude, with the cool Andean conditions, that side is exacerbated. This is a perfumed and juicy red with savage tannins, as is usual in this zone, and the acidity corresponds to a mountain wine. This is 85% cabernet franc, and the rest is malbec, all aged in foudres for 15 months.

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Tim Atkin MW

- 96 points -

June 2022 (Vintage 2018)

The richest, darkest and most profound of the Gran Enemigo blends, this classic assemblage of Cabernet Franc and 15% Malbec is inky, intense and alluringly scented, with subtle wood, blackberry, black olive and wild thyme flavours and racy, chalky acidity.

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Decanter World Wine Awards

- 92 points -

June 2022 (Vintage 2018)

Perfumed with floral notes, plum and rich fruit; palate is fresh and elegant, with lea leaf and cigar box.

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