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| EL ENEMIGO CHARDONNAY 2018 Mendoza |
| Vintage Assessments Tasting Note |
Producer |
EL ENEMIGO |
| Bright light yellow colour with an intense, rather cedary, complex, lemon meringue nose with some spicy, baked apple notes. Dry, medium-full bodied, well structured, slightly spicy, intense, quite complex, toasty, ripe lemon-apple meringue flavours with a lingering, minerally, somewhat pithy-leesy (I believe from the flor), cedary finish. Note that this Chardonnay spent 9 months in French oak under flor and has 13.8% alcohol and 3.4 g/L residual sugar. I think that the initial difficulties I had with the leesy nose/taste were related to this flor technique and that when it had a chance to breathe and open up the wine improved and became much more accessible. |
CSPC |
482984 |
| Type |
White Table Wine |
| Agent |
Tri Alt |
| Country |
Argentina |
| Region |
 |
| Rating |
***(91 points)
Complex, Ripe, Well Structured |
| LCBO Note |
Status |
Recommended by Vintage Assessments!
A Best Buy |
| TASTING NOTE: This is another rock-star chardonnay from here with dried-apple, pear-skin, crushed-stone and peach-pit character. Full body. Creamy texture. Phenolic form and a long, flavorful finish. Drink or hold [through 2028]. Score - 97 (jamessuckling.com, Jan. 14, 2021) |
Price |
$ 24.95 |
| Bottle Size |
750 mL |
| Tasting Date |
vintages release - February 5, 2022 |
| Cases bought |
249 (12 bottles per case) |
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Score:
- Not Presented * Below Average
*+ OK
** Good
**+ Excellent
*** Outstanding
***+ Exceptional
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