El Enemigo (Aleanna), Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc Vintage:2019 oolong tea and clove hints

oolong tea and clove hints with a touch of earthy loam

The 2004 should drink well for at least another decade

Inky finish and good drive

There is a lovely sense of underlying tension to the rich

The 2008s show a work in progress as Conterno only had control of the vineyard for a few months that year

El Enemigo (Aleanna), Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc Vintage:2019 oolong tea and clove hintsThe 2010 was a hard act to follow, and the 2011 Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard had to fulfill great expectations. There is less color in this 2011 (I popped a bottle of the 2010 for comparison) and more notes reminiscent of Cabernet Franc (Alejandro Vigil harvested even earlier in 2010), because 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