El Enemigo (Aleanna), Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc other_regions_italy Firm reduction renders the nose

Firm reduction renders the nose unreadable at present

and in this powerful and ripe year

Quintessential Bollinger bouquet

It's in a quiet place now but will open up again over time

El Enemigo (Aleanna), Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard Cabernet Franc other_regions_italy Firm reduction renders the noseThe 2010 was a hard act to follow, and the 2011 Gran Enemigo Gualtallary Single Vineyard had to fulfill great expectations. There is less color in this 2011 (I popped a bottle of the 2010 for comparison) and more notes reminiscent of Cabernet Franc (Alejandro Vigil harvested even earlier in 2010), because it is mostly Cabernet Franc from a very chalky vineyard in Gualtallary at 1,430 meters altitude that fermented together with a small percentage of