The name El Enemigo literally means “the enemy” in Spanish, which is meant to connote the battles that we fight against ourselves to get out of our comfort zone and to achieve what we really want. Although El Enemigo is a relatively young Argentine estate established in 2008, its founders are anything but inexperienced. The winemaker Alejandro Vigil is a soil expert who has been the chief winemaker of Bodega Catena Zapata for more than 17 years and his partner Adrianna Catena, who is a historian, is Nicolas Catena’s youngest daughter, whose dream is to continue her family winery Catena Zapata’s legacy in the future. Whether it’s the vineyards of Gualtallary — which we refer to as Mendoza’s Montrachet — in Valle de Uco or the lower sections of Agrelo, Alejandro always manages to produce exceptional wines that encapsulate Mendoza’s diverse soils, terroirs, microclimates and grape types.
El Enemigo will be pouring two of its top-scoring wines at the upcoming Great Wines of the Andes USA 2018 in San Francisco (September 30), New York (October 2) and Miami (October 5). Get your tickets today! See you there!
