Superb Single Vineyard Bonarda from El Enemigo and the work of Alejandro Vigil, Catena chief winemaker and Adrianna Catena the daughter of Nicolas Cantena.

Bonarda is Argentina's second national grape after Malbec, with the grapes for this wine coming from a small 5 hectare plot of old vine Bonarda. The grapes are carefully selected at optimum ripeness to maintain quality and fermented in stainless steel tanks. The young wine is then aged in used French oak barrels for 15 months, adding delicate notes of toasty oak and spice to the vibrant dark berry, plum and cherry fruit flavours.

El Enemigo is a romantic winery at heart. The concept was born September 2009 as Alejandro Vigil and Adrianna Catena walked back from the Argentine Embassy in London, where Nicolas Catena had just received the Decanter Man of the Year Award. Adrianna, a historian, and Alejandro, a soils engineer, spoke of their shared love of philosophy, wine and history – so they decided to create wines together in reflection of this. Not that their respect for tradition means they stick within its limits, following the status quo has never been El Enemigo's bag.

A pure and elegant expression of one of the oldest vineyards in the Uco Valley. Sourced from a small plot planted in 1935 in El Mirador (Rivadavia, Mendoza), this Bonarda captures the balance between fresh fruit, mineral finesse, and the typicity of a warm climate terroir with deep soils.

Drink with grilled meats, creamy pasta dishes, lamb plates, semi-hard cheeses.