Gran Enemigo Gualtallary 2012
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Gran Enemigo Gualtallary 2012
HED56295
75 cl
14%
£80.00
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Gran Enemigo Gualtallary 2012 is a red blend from the Uco Valley in Argentina composed of 85% Cabernet Franc and 15% Malbec. The grapes were sourced from a high-density vineyard at 1,470 metres where the soils are rich in limestone and stones. This 2012 bottling features a deep ruby colour and a complex profile of black fruit and exotic spices with a distinct mineral core. It was aged for 15 months in 100-year-old foudres which has allowed the tannins to soften while maintaining the primary energy of the fruit. The wine shows incredible length and a persistent saline finish.
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Robert Parker
The nose of the 2012 Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard almost made me fall from my chair. It is the expression of elegance and austerity coupled with strong minerality. It is mostly Cabernet Franc from a very chalky vineyard in Gualtallary at 1,430 meters altitude that fermented together with a small percentage of Malbec. In 2012 they fine tuned the élevage and fermentation, which was in rolling 500-liter barrels that were new in 2006 (so by then quite neutral), where the wine was kept for one more year and then transferred to 1,000-liter egg-shaped cement vats for one further year. This reminded me of my favorite Bordeaux, Lafleur, because of the elegance, the refinement of the tannins and length. It has citric, effervescent acidity that makes you salivate. Winemaker and Owner Alejandro Vigil has done a very strict selection of the soils in the field, and only kept the very center of the vineyard where the high density (12,000 plants per hectare) generates a lot of competition, because the plants from the borders have more space in the sides, which means in 2012 he could only fill 1,800 bottles. Awesome, and ultra fresh for a vintage like 2012. Bravo!
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