Why this wine matters
More than a famous label.
The 2024 comes from Los Árboles at about 1,000 metres. It provides a very clean comparison with richer or sweeter Chenin styles from elsewhere.
El Enemigo · Los Árboles, Uco Valley
Chenin Blanc
Chenin · high altitude · citrus · orchard fruit · mineral · no oak
El Enemigo Chenin Blanc is an unusually pure high-altitude expression of the grape, fermented in concrete and bottled without oak ageing.
Country
Argentina
Region
Los Árboles, Uco Valley
Appellation
Mendoza
Grapes
Chenin Blanc
Style
White
Realistic spend
£22–£30
Budget band: £20–£35
Best moments
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A high-altitude Chenin for birthdays and dinner parties when the user wants something fresh and unusual.
How it is made
The decisions behind the style.
The wine ferments with wild yeast in concrete pools for around 40 days at low temperature and receives no oak ageing. It is bottled unfiltered.
What does it taste like?
The shape of the wine.
Citrus and orchard fruit are framed by mineral freshness and a dry, focused palate rather than overt richness.
Body3/5
Acidity5/5
Tannin0/5
Sweetness0/5
Oak influence0/5
Freshness5/5
Aroma4/5
Serve it well
Serve around 8–10°C.
If this wine were human…
The quiet authority
If Chenin Blanc were human, it would be composed, self-contained and not remotely interested in shouting across the table.
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Does any of this sound suspiciously familiar?
Composed, self-contained and not remotely interested in shouting across the table. You tend to prefer things that reveal themselves gradually rather than arriving with a press release.
At dinner, you would rather have four good conversations than forty introductions. Secretly, you are much more sentimental than your taste in labels would suggest.
In short: composed, self-contained and not remotely interested in shouting across the table. chenin energy, translated into a person.
Purely for fun — this is the wine’s fictional personality, not a psychological reading of yours.
What to eat with it
And the cheese?
No dead ends.
Start with this wine and move straight into cheese, or build a whole tasting around it.
Keep exploring
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Research sources
This profile is researched against producer or similarly authoritative material. Vintage-specific details are kept separate from the permanent wine identity.