El Enemigo Semillon Mendoza 2022 - 750ml

94pts James Suckling

Nicely baked apples, ripe citrus, stones, warm spices and a touch of vanilla. Tense and medium- to full-bodied on the palate, with a saline touch to the lengthy, flavorful finish. Fresh, composed and very extensive.

Winemaker Notes

El Enemigo Semillón is light, creamy, and refreshing. It displays aromas of tropical fruit, spice, honey, acacia flowers, and vanilla. The rich palate boasts flavors of lemon, apricot, toasted nuts, and minerality. Certified Sustainable by Bodegas de Argentina.

Enjoy El Enemigo Semillón with mushroom risotto, goat cheese salad, or meatier fish like halibut, swordfish, or tuna.

Winery Notes

El Enemigo translates as the enemy. Nodding to the fact that at the end of any journey, most remember only one battle — the one fought within (the original enemy). This is the battle that defines us. The wines of El Enemigo are a tribute to those internal battles that make us who we are, brought to fruition by a winemaker, Alejandro Vigil, and a historian, Adrianna Catena who share a love of wine and reach back in time to capture the era when European immigrants first settled in Argentina. These settlers sought to make wines as fine, and finer, than those of their old homeland. By 1936, Malbec and Petit Verdot were the most widely planted fine varietals in Argentina, their blend considered the ultimate in refinement and aging potentia.