El Enemigo Malbec

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Wine Description

A joint venture between Adrianna Catena, daughter of Nicolas Catena, and Alejandro Vigil, Chief Winemaker at Bodega Catena Zapata, El Enemigo Malbec is produced at Piedemonte al Sur, located in the southern foothills of Luján de Cuyo, Mendoza. The facility is named for the unique aspect of Mendoza's high altitude winemaking region nestled in the foothills of the Andes Mountains.

Alejandro Vigil
Adrianna
Aleanna Winery
Alejandro Vigil
Chacayes
Concrete Egg with Soil Map
Enemigo Vineyard
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Acclaim
“This Gualtallary Malbec is co-fermented with 7% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot and aged in older, larger oak. It’s a sappy, textured, grassy blend with the brightness and perfume that define the style at Bodega Aleanna and tangy acidity.”
— Tim Atkin, May 2017
“The 2014 El Enemigo Malbec is mostly Malbec, with some 15% of Cabernet Franc from Gualtallary, harvested from three different plots of vines over four different points in time—depending on the composition of the soil. The earlier grapes fermented with full clusters and the later ones were destemmed and crushed. It has a subtle, elegant nose with perfect ripeness, not showing the heat of the year, with the Cabernet Franc providing some sharper tannins. It's very clean and focused, developing a note of graphite as it sat in the glass. It feels like 2014 was really a good vintage for high altitude parts of the Valle de Uco, perhaps better than 2013 and 2015. But the great vintage there is supposed to be 2016.”
— Luis Gutierrez, Dec 2016
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Vineyard & Production Info
Soil composition
Calcareous, Rocky, and Sandy-Loam
Training method
Guyot
Elevation:
4,620-4,851 feet
Vines/acre:
1,800
Yield/acre:
0.8-1.0 tons
Year vineyard planted:
1986
Harvest time:
March-May
First vintage of this wine:
2008
Bottles produced of this wine:
40,000
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Winemaking & Aging
Maceration length:
30
Varietal composition:
89% Malbec, 6% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
20 days
Fermentation temperature:
84 °F
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
18 months
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Analytical Data
No relevant data were found.