El Enemigo Gran Enemigo 2013 (750ML)

95 JS / 94 WA / 92 VM

Very tight and beautiful wine with blackberry, blueberry and hints of tobacco, spice, and black tea. Full body, dense and powerful. Energy and intensity to this. A blend of cabernet sauvignon, cabernet franc, merlot, and malbec. - James Suckling

The 2013 Gran Enemigo is a blend with a lot more Cabernet Franc, quite different from the 2012. It is a blend of 50% Cabernet Franc, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Malbec, 10% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot from Gualtallary in the Uco Valley. The nose is a bit blurry, with dusty aromas, spices and aromatic herbs, but the palate is a lot more focused and has very good freshness. It spent 15 months in old oak foudres, and 18,000 bottles were filled in December 2015. - Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate

(the wine's various varieties are co-fermented): Bright, dark red-ruby. Knockout nose combines cassis, black cherry, redcurrant, bitter chocolate, graphite and flowers. Tactile and densely packed, showing terrific acidity and cut to its very pure fruit and mineral flavors. Already boasts lovely definition but this suavely tannic blend should gain in complexity with another couple years of cellaring. Incidentally, owner/winemaker Alejandro Vigil is making and aging the El Enemigo reds entirely in aged 2,000-liter barrels as of vintage 2013 in order to privilege terroir differences. Previously he used barriques, some new, for aging. Try this with prosciutto. - Stephen Tanzer, Vinous Media