很高兴今天再跟大家分享一款Gran Enemigo系列的另一款新单品 —— Gran Enemigo Blend 2019。这是El Enemigo在其以品丽珠单一园为特色的Gran级别里的一款多品种混酿。众所周知,多品种混酿更像是一个艺术,混起来容易,是否能做到很好的平衡,则取决于酿酒师的水准。
虽是多品种混酿,但不同年份的葡萄比例不一定相同。继其以#17的排名在James Suckling TOP 100 WINES OF ARGENTINA 2021 报告中获得了97高分后,最近又在由Joaquin Hidalgo为Vinous.com撰写的《乌科山谷:不同风土的魔力所在/The Uco Valley: Where Diverse Terroirs Work Their Magic》报告中再次斩获97高分的好评。
由此可见,2019年确实是个门多萨的大年份。正如艾尼米格酒庄采收报告所介绍的:“2019年为“门多萨年(El Año Mendocino)”。2017年是一个小而凉爽的年份,他们称之为“波尔多年(El Año Bordelés/the Bordeaux Year)”;2016年是一个小而凉爽多雨的年份“勃艮第年(El Año Bourguignon”)。我们终于有了一个经典的门多萨年份:干燥、凉爽、阳光充足,从最低海拔到最高海拔的每个地区都有适度的产量。”
The blend of the 2019 Gran Enemigo changed to 40% Malbec, 25% Cabernet Franc, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot from Gualtallary, in a year when they used less Malbec and more Cabernet. It has restrained 13.5% alcohol and an incredibly balanced palate, very tasty and juicy, with impressive herbal notes intermixed with ripe berries. If there's something these wines don't have, it's sweetness. They are austere and complete, serious and designed for the long run.
For this blend, they use roughly half cabernet franc and half malbec, all from vineyards with calcareous soils in the Gualtallary zone, at about 1,400 meters above sea level in the north of the Uco Valley. It's juicy above all else, with nervy acidity and fine, well-defined tannins that are sharp on the palate, while aromas and flavors of black cherries are projected through the mouth, with a finish of herbs and tobacco.
Showcasing Alejandro Vigil’s skills as a blender, this has a Malbec base with the remaining 60% made up of Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and a little Merlot and Petit Verdot. Floral, ripe and very lightly wooded, it has impressive texture and weight, some whole bunch spices, plum, bramble and black cherry fruit and good underlying zip and minerality.

Alejandro Vigil是Catena Zapata的首席酿酒师,被评为Decanter 2021"南美五大潮流引领者之一",也是Tim Atkin“2019年度酿酒师”以及The Drinks Business“全球百大醉佳酿酒师之一”。他亲手打造的款酒也是阿根廷最早的两个获得RP满分的酒款,其中一款就是EL Enemigo品牌下的Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Singe Vineyard Cabernet Franc 2013,这也是全球首个获得RP满分的品丽珠,而其2019年份又再次获得WA和JS满分。
他们对作家陀思妥耶夫斯基(Dostoyevsky)和科尔塔扎尔(Cortázar)都很着迷,对希腊哲学家Hellenic Philosophers怀有认同,对旧书、现场音乐和与老朋友们共进大餐情有独钟,对各自的小家庭有着深深的、执着的奉献——Adrianna的儿子安东尼奥(Antonio)和Alejandro的女儿玛丽亚·朱利亚娜·弗朗西斯卡(Maria Giuliana Francesca)年龄相仿。
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Alejandro相信酿造友好的,让你想喝的葡萄酒,就像你听莫扎特或读克罗诺皮奥斯一样。两位创始人相信,在酿造葡萄酒时,艺术和自然有着神圣的灵感。而他们也获益于这样的灵感,我们则获益于这样的灵感下酿造出的稀有佳酿。
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