El Enemigo Gran Enemigo Single Vineyard El Cepillo Cabernet Franc 2018 (750ml) Bordeaux Blend the 2022 Yamhill Cuvée pairs

the 2022 Yamhill Cuvée pairs beautifully with a wide range of cuisines

carnation flowers

dark spice

benefits from clay-gravel soils that give a beautiful complexity and depth to the wines

with some red Canaiolo and a bit of white Trebbiano and Malvasia

El Enemigo Gran Enemigo Single Vineyard El Cepillo Cabernet Franc 2018 (750ml) Bordeaux Blend the 2022 Yamhill Cuvée pairs97pts Robert Parker's Wine Advocate The nose of the 2018 Gran Enemigo El Cepillo Single Vineyard, from a low yielding and drier year, is full of curry, a note that was a constant across the three vintages I tasted together, but it tends to be stronger in low yielding and dry years like this. It's also floral and comes through as aromatic and a little exotic, in a good way, with elegance, persistence and very pure flavors. It has fine grained tannins,