Tasting - El Enemigo

El Enemigo

• Variety of grape(s): Malbec (purple grape)
• Country of origin: Argentina 
• Region of origin: Malbec
• Vintage year: 2018
• Price: ~$24.00 a bottle
• Historian and Vintner: Adrianna Catena
• Winemaker: Alejandro Vigil

Critic/Wine Review

• It has on average a 91/100 score.
• Many reviewers could taste the fruity, floral, acidic, and oaky notes.
• Review from https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/aleanna+el+enemigo+malbec+mendoza+argentina/1/usa-va-y#t3 
• "The effects of the warm year are felt in this Malbec with its sweet fruits and gentle, soft tannins. The fresh acidity, doing its job of balancing that succulent maturity in a red to now uncork with charcuterie. This comes from vineyards at about 1,400 meters planted in the second half of the 1990s on lime and sandy soils." -Tasted in Jan 2023

Wine Folly

• I have not received the book yet, but as soon as I do, I will edit the blog post or simply look it up for my own knowledge.

Specific Characteristic 

• I am not a super big red wine drinker. I snagged this bottle based off of my mom's recommendation. My friend and I drank a bottle at a restaurant (with no food, although next time I will be ordering food!) It is robust, full-bodied, and fragrant. I could taste hints of oakiness and even a hint of vanilla. It is one of the nicer Malbecs that I have drunk.

Who Am I?

Happy Sunday🌞

    My name is Jordan Buck and I cannot wait to start this journey with you! Throughout my life thus far, I have not drunk a lot of wine. If I had to choose between table, sparkling or fortified wine, I would definitely choose a sparkling wine. I love prosecco and most varieties of champagne. Even though sparkling is my favorite, I also have had many table wines which I enjoy. I tend to drink more white and pink wines than red just because I have not become accustomed to this particular taste. I have had an affinity towards Malbec just because it is my mother's favorite type of wine. I have never tried fortified wine and I am extremely excited to during this course. 

    I think my first experience with wine was when I had communion and the blood of Christ. As a young child, this was not the first alcohol I would have wanted. As I have been exploring and tasting various types of alcohol, I have become more fond of drinking wine with my fancier dinners, especially Italian food. I have been blessed to sample varietal, blended, and vintage wines. Each type of wine not only is different based on how many grapes go into the wine and when the grapes where harvested, but they also all have a different terroir. I tend to love wine from Spain and Argentina, yet all of the flavors differ and I think this is just so crazy. 

    Some things I want to learn over this course are how to properly drink certain wines. Before I started drinking wine, I did not know what it meant to let the wine breathe or to aerate the wine before it was drunk. I want to be able to have a sophisticated conversation about the wine I am drinking. I also want to be able to identify what I taste in the wines. I know many of them have different notes and flavors in the wine which can be difficult to pick out. 

    The picture shown below is me and one of my many animals, Deeks, at Devil's Backbone Brewery last summer, one of our favorites!