Tasted at the Branaire- Ducru dinner

Not very bordeaux – more reminiscent of some of the more ambitious Spanish reds at the moment

There is outstanding volume and intensity to the imposingly-scaled flavors that possess first-rate midpalate concentration along with an abundance of dry extract that imparts a velvety texture to the firmly structured and beautifully persistent finish

Tasted at the Cos d’Estournel vertical at the property

refined and full—all the good and important things in confluence here

El Enemigo (Aleanna), Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc other_regions_italy Tasted at the Branaire- DucruThe 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