El Enemigo Bonarda is a deeply emotional wine inspired by art and the wines of Adrianna Catena and Alejandro Vigil's ancestors. A wine that once you try it you will want to drink only this for the rest of your life. Let's also mention the scores that each vintage gets , the same this year's 94pts by James Suckling !
One night, a romantic winery was created on a stroll on the banks of Thames. Adrianna Catena, daughter of Nicolas Catena, met the chief winemaker of the Catena Zapata Winery, Alejandro Vigil, on a night dedicated to her father. While they were walking, they discovered that they love the same writers, old books, and old stories (she also had a Ph.D. in History). So they decided to make wines together that tell stories and look like art because wine is a form of art after all.
El Enemigo Bonarda is that kind of wine. An old, forgotten, 100 years old, vineyard from the rare variety Bonarda was (fortunately) rescued by Alejandro at the last minute. The grapes gave the base and maestro Alejandro did his magic to create a complex fruit bomb. A 10-month maturation in old, oak foudres ensures the ultimate expression of the variety.
Argentina's unsung hero, Bonarda, in the hands of Alejandro, has begun to win over very important people, such as James Suckling and Tim Atkin, and makes you wonder why they had not discovered its greatness earlier.
