2014 Gran Enemigo Single Vineyard Agrelo Cabernet Franc Lujan de Cuyo

This just pops out of the glass with perfumed and dark fruits as well as stone and fresh herb. Salt, too. Full body, layered and tight with a mineral and stone undertone. Flavorful finish. So enticing. Cabernet franc and malbec. Drink now.

On the nose and the palate, the wine tastes like a symphony of aromas of dark red and black fruits, followed by cedarwood, tobacco and Nicaraguan cigar. Foot in many camps but all of them placed with attention to detail.

More marked by the year, the 2014 Gran Enemigo Agrelo Single Vineyard is more fruit-driven and ripe, more in line with what I saw in 2012 and 2011. The spicy character is there, but it's subtler and there's more black fruit here. Some 6,000 bottles were filled at the end of 2016 or in early 2017. 2018 - 2023.

Ripe berry aromas are touched up with cola and root-beer notes that make this even nicer. A muscular, deeply structured palate is home to herbal plum and berry flavors along with notes of coffee and dark spices. Tobacco and herbal notes take over on a complex finish. Drink this Cabernet Franc (with 15% Malbec) through 2024.

One of four Cabernet Franc/Malbec blends under the El Enemigo label, this Agrelo bottling sees 20% whole bunches and is the broadest and most New World style wine of the quartet. Leafy, ripe and textured, with more tannin than you think at first. 2019-24.

On the nose and the palate, the wine tastes like a symphony of aromas of dark red and black fruits, followed by cedarwood, tobacco and Nicaraguan cigar. Foot in many camps but all of them placed with attention to detail.