2018 Gran El Enemigo Cabernet Franc Enemigo Gualtallary
Producer: El Enemigo
Region: Uco Valley, Mendoza
Country: Argentina
Grapes: 85% Cabernet Franc, 15% Malbec
Vintage: 2018
ABV: 13.5%
Vivino: 4.6
Drink By: 2032
Occasional Wine Note: A great Cabernet Franc from Argentina? Yep and wow! What a fantastic wine. A floral bouquet met with ripe back and blue fruits, graphite, and baking spices blended to perfection and wrapped in fine tannin and hint of minerality. Just beautiful.
Wine Advocate
Critic Score: 98
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.
James Suckling
Critic Score: 96
Aromas of violets, almond blossoms, wild blackberries, blueberries, ash, tea leaves and nutmeg. It’s medium-bodied with vibrant acidity and finely knit tannins. Mineral, tea-like edge, supporting a fresh core of blue fruit. Refined and subtle, yet comforting. Try from 2023.