Aleanna - Gran Enemigo - El Cepillo Single Vineyard 2018 (750ml)
Price: $115.00
Sale Price: $75.00
| Producer | Aleanna - Gran Enemigo |
| Country | Argentina |
| Region | Mendoza |
| Subregion | Tupungato |
| Varietal | 85% Cabernet Franc + 15% Malbec |
| Vintage | 2018 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 97 Points
Ripe plums, blackberries, dark cherries, pine cones, mint chocolate, cloves and dried herbs on the nose. Hints of black pepper, too. Medium-bodied with fine, well-integrated tannins. There’s a dark spiciness to this. Well structured and muscular with fantastic intensity. Try in 2024.
Wine Advocate: 97 Points
The nose of the 2018 Gran Enemigo El Cepillo Single Vineyard, from a low-yielding and drier year, is full of curry, a note that was a constant across the three vintages I tasted together, but it tends to be stronger in low-yielding and dry years like this. It's also floral and comes through as aromatic and a little exotic, in a good way, with elegance, persistence and very pure flavors. It has fine-grained tannins, great acidity and balance. 7,200 bottles. All these single-vineyard bottlings mature in ancient 4,000-liter oak foudres for some 15 months.
Decanter: 97 Points
Pretty and inviting on the nose with gorgeous aromas of floral violet, cassis and completed with a lifted, delicate liquorice note. The palate is graced with deep herb, pepper, crunchy red fruit and graceful, silky tannins. (Platinum) - DWWA 2022
