El Enemigo (Aleanna), Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc, Tupungato
El Enemigo (Aleanna) · Mendoza › Tupungato › Argentina
Critics Average score from professional wine critics and publications.
92
/100
Reviews
14
professional
Vintages
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Community Reviews
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92.2
Avg Score
97
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Taster #1991
· Jun 27, 2025
97/100
No detailed notes taken. This was a revelation. Blind, two tasters called highest-end Right Bank Bordeaux, which tells you everything. Beautifully perfumed red berries, fine herbs, a stony minerality, a bit of farmyard, and a textural elegance that floats. Soft, airy, full of energy and nuance. Cola, anise, herbal edges appear with time, complex and evolving by the minute. Pure Cabernet Franc brilliance. World class, already great, with the potential for perfection if more layers unfold over time.
2014 vintage
Taster #1275
· Jun 7, 2025
94/100
perfect time to drink
2014 vintage
Taster #1999
· Feb 10, 2025
93/100
Shiny medium purple, medium ruby color. This is delightful with a mouthful of sweet dark berries upfront that give away to some stemminess, chalkiness and oak and a long finish that leaves some receding tannings as the berries also say farewell. This is a "precise" well made wine that is absolutely gorgeous at year 11. Paired with medium spicy chili as i thought cab franc may have some greenness and spice to it but the wine was just perfectly balanced …
2014 vintage
Taster #2646
· Jan 15, 2025
Tasting Ground official tasting, El Enemigo Cabernet Franc Gran Enemigo Gualtallary 10-vintage vertical (Oinoscent) : Ripeness, sour cherry, some stalky notes, elegant oak frame, fresh. Palate is smooth, juicy, a few green notes, med body, high acidity, green tannins, peppery, a touch warm, med finish
2014 vintage
Taster #3640
· Dec 28, 2023
92/100
Wonderful on the nose - fragrant, clean and pronounced intensity. Definitively cab - blackberry, oaky, nutmeg. However, upon tasting, not as complex and didn’t have a long aftertaste. Perfectly solid but expected more length.
2014 vintage
Taster #0394
· Jun 19, 2023
92/100
Coravin sample. Tasted across 4 hours. Nose is very nice and complex - dark fruits, vanilla, oak, balsamic notes, pepper, baking spices tobacco, licorice. A little lacking on the palate - none of the notes from the nose showing up, quite simple and not complex. Is this strange? Anyone else get this? Easily 93-94 on the nose but had to downscore after tasting.
2014 vintage
Taster #6274
· Dec 31, 2022
93/100
Excellent. Dark purple. Black fruit. Tobacco. Ready to drink. At peak. Drink now or in the next 2-3 years.
2014 vintage
Taster #1139
· Aug 31, 2022
8/10 - Starting to drink well now
2014 vintage
Taster #8096
· Dec 20, 2021
95/100
Quite delicious and complex, 4+ hour double decant helped immensely to strut everything from silky berries to floral to white chocolate mocha and licorice, room to improve so save till 2024+.
2014 vintage
Taster #1139
· May 17, 2021
8/10 - refer to prior note. still young but drinkable already. Dark fruits, some black tea astringency, a light touch of salty game on the finish.
2014 vintage
Taster #7693
· Aug 13, 2020
92/100
Impressive powerhouse with black fruit, oak, and tannin in equal measure. Still young, best to let it sit for a while.
2014 vintage
Taster #9830
· Jun 21, 2020
88/100
I respectfully dissent from the positive reviews of this wine. Lots of chocolate-y oak; overwrought to my tastes. Blueberries and jalapeño. Overripe and modern with none of the verve of good Loire cabernet franc.
2014 vintage
Taster #9002
· Mar 10, 2020
90/100
Beautiful deep purple with ruby rim, powerful and elegant nose, cassis, blackberries, blueberries, leather, balsamic, mint, licorice, peppery spices, medium high acidity, umami, mushroom, vanilla, coffee, dark chocolate, lots of thyme and pepper herbs open up after opened for an hour or so, a full bodied wine with good strength and long finishing, very fine and elegant tannins already, delicious!
2014 vintage
Taster #1139
· Feb 9, 2020
8/10 - Still young with a long way to go. Not too tannic so it's still very much drinkable, but feels like there's a lot more potential to this.
2014 vintage
Taster #9181
· Sep 29, 2019
92/100
Cabernet Franc temperado com 15% de Malbec. Passou por barricas usadas e amadureceu durante sete meses em foudres. Recebeu 98 pontos de Robert Parker, o que mostra como os tempos são outros, já que está longe de ser um vinho carregado de madeira, tão ao gosto de RP no passado. Aqui o protagonismo é da fruta limpa e da acidez apurada. O conjunto consegue aliar intensidade e concentração com equilíbrio, elegância e bastante frescor. Compartilhado com amigos no almoço festivo …
2014 vintage
Taster #6258
· Jul 30, 2019
94/100
Delicioso. Devia ter decantação para abrir mais.
2014 vintage
Taster #9715
· May 3, 2019
90/100
The second bottle was much better than the first one we tried -- which was corked. A great wine -- not a great value based on the price point.
2014 vintage
Taster #2516
· Apr 23, 2019
89/100
Very tight, lack of fruit but will go for some time, but wasn't showing much on day 2 either so I'm sure where it will end up.
2014 vintage
Taster #9715
· Mar 9, 2019
Corked beyond belief!
2014 vintage