El Enemigo
El Enemigo was born when Alejandro Vigil and Adrianna Catena, Nicolás's youngest daughter, decided to create the Aleanna winery, to rescue some of the forgotten traditional techniques of Argentine viticulture. The ultimate goal is, according to Alejandro Vigil, to obtain a wine with the least possible intervention, a "transparent" wine in which the oenologist's hand does not leave a mark, but in any case serves to interpret the particularities of each terroir.
Gran Enemigo Chenin 2023 – TS
Province: Mendoza
Region: Uco Valley
Subregion: Tunuyán (Los Árboles)
Elevation: 1000 masl
Varietal: Chenin Blanc
Vineyard age: 50 years old
Soil composition: clay
Training method: Pergola
Type of viticulture: Conventional
Winemaking and ageing
Yeast: Wild yeasts
Fermentation container: concrete pools
Fermentation temperature: Max. temp. 18ºC / 64°F for 40 days.
Size/material of the aging container: concrete
Age of container if wood: unoaked
Analytical data
Alcohol: 12,5%
Ph: 3.1
Residual sugar: 1.8 g/l
Acidity: 6.2
Sulfites: Yes
Winemaker: Alejandro Vigil
Gran Enemigo Cabernet Franc El Cepillo 2021 – TS
Province: Mendoza
Region: Valle de Uco
Sub region: San Carlos (Pampa El Cepillo)
Elevation: 1300 m
Varietal: 85% Cabernet Franc, 15% Malbec
Size of the vineyard: 7 h
Age of the vineyard: 20 years-old
Number of plants per hectare: 8000
Yields: 60 quintals per hectare
Irrigation: Drip irrigation
Soil composition: Colluvial with marine limestone on the bottom
Training method: High trellis
Harvest date: Five different harvest times (1,5 months between the first and the last
one)
Type of viticulture: conventional
Winemaking and ageing
Whole cluster: 30%
Yeasts: Wild yeasts
Fermentation container : Concrete
Maceration technique : Cold maceration for 5 days. Average maceration 23 days. 30%
whole bunch.
Fermentation temperature : 26°C
Length of fermentation: 23 days
Malolactic fermentation: Yes
Aging container size/ material: concrete
Time of aging in container: 15 months in concrete
Analytical data
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Ph: 3.30
Residual sugar: 2.03 g/l
Acidity: 6.53
Sulfites: Yes
Winemaker: Alejandro
Province: Mendoza
Region: Valle de Uco
Sub region: San Carlos (Pampa El Cepillo)
Elevation: 1300 m
Varietal: 85% Cabernet Franc, 15% Malbec
Size of the vineyard: 7 h
Age of the vineyard: 20 years-old
Number of plants per hectare: 8000
Yields: 60 quintals per hectare
Irrigation: Drip irrigation
Soil composition: Colluvial with marine limestone on the bottom
Training method: High trellis
Harvest date: Five different harvest times (1,5 months between the first and the last
one)
Type of viticulture: conventional
Winemaking and ageing
Whole cluster: 30%
Yeasts: Wild yeasts
Fermentation container : Concrete
Maceration technique : Cold maceration for 5 days. Average maceration 23 days. 30%
whole bunch.
Fermentation temperature : 26°C
Length of fermentation: 23 days
Malolactic fermentation: Yes
Aging container size/ material: concrete
Time of aging in container: 15 months in concrete
Analytical data
Alcohol: 13.5% vol
Ph: 3.30
Residual sugar: 2.03 g/l
Acidity: 6.53
Sulfites: Yes
Winemaker: Alejandro Vigil