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 Uco Valley, 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
“All of the grapes for this wine come from the Adrianna Vineyard in Gualtallary, including the 8% cabernet franc that is co-fermented with the rest, which explains its herbal side, the tobacco notes. The red fruit, the exuberance on the nose, the violets and everything else, however, can be blamed on the malbec that steals the show. A high-altitude red, any way you look at it.”
— Patricio Tapia, Jun 2018
“Marrying Malbec with 7% Cabernet Franc and 3% Petit Verdot, this hails from cool (in both senses of the word) Gualtallary. Strikingly perfumed, with violet and graphite aromas, fine tannins, savoury blackberry fruit and skillfully handled oak.”
— Tim Atkin, MW, May 2018
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Vineyard & Production Info
Production area/appellation:
Uco Valley
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:
100% Malbec
Length of alcoholic fermentation:
20 days
Fermentation temperature:
84 °F
Type of aging container:
Barrels
Type of oak:
French
Length of aging before bottling:
15 Months if 100 year old foudre.
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Analytical Data
pH level:
3.7
Acidity:
6 g/L
Alcohol:
13.5 %