98 POINT WINE FROM ARGENTINA
January 25, 2025
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At the end of the journey, we remember only one battle: the one we fought against ourselves, the original enemy, the one that defined us.
This quote adorns every bottle made by El Enemigo, Spanish for ‘The Enemy’. El Enemigo is a joint project between two great minds: Alejandro Vigil (who is also winemaking director at Catena Zapata) and Adrianna Catena (a historian and daughter of Nicolás Catena; the 2009 Decanter Man of the Year).
‘I always look to experiment with my wines so don’t follow any recipe,’ says Alejandro. ‘Year after year I try to express the purity of the fruit and the soil, and that’s another reason why in the cellar I use concrete eggs, old foudres and barrels of various sizes and ages.’
It is this core belief and desire to understand the land which drives the pair, and alongside Alejandro’s passion for plants and soil means their wines represent the very essence of terroir.
Free delivery in the GTA for any order over $400
Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard 2018
Made from 85% Cabernet Franc and 15% Malbec this wine is produced with a unique process.
Fermentation in barrel with 40% whole bunch in French oak barrels 3rd use. Five different harvest times (1.5 months between the first and the last).
Aging is for 15 months in 100-year-old foudre barrels.
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. It has 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.
98 points Robert Parker
81.81/btl case of 6
wines come in a wood case
There are many more special wines we have made available. Email me directly for the list of our 'Last Chance' wines
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