The Enamore 2007 is a one of a kind wine: an Amarone-style Malbec. This is a red wine made from naturally dried grapes using the appassimento technique. It is a joint venture between the renowned amarone producer Italien Allegrini and ReNacer of Mendoza.
The wine is a blend of 50% Malbec, 25% Syrah, 22% Bonarda, and 3% Cabernet Franc. The wine was aged in French oak barriques for 12 months. The grapes were from Perdriel, 900 metres with medium soils, Medrano, 800 metres with rich soils, and Rivadavia, 600 metres with poor soils. The vineyards are more than 50 years old and yield less than 5 tonnes per hectare. The grapes were hand harvested and dried by exposing them to the dry winds of the Andean foothills until they lost about a third of their weight. The must was macerated for ten days and native yeasts were used for fermentation for 90 days in stainless steel tanks which were kept between 27 and 29 degrees.
It retails for about U$ 30 a bottle. Jay Miller from the Wine Advocate said:
"... A glass-staining opaque purple, it offers up a fragrant perfume of cedar, spice box, lavender, damp earth, and black cherry. Opulent on the palate, it is dense and sweetly-fruited with complex black fruit flavors, plenty of spice, ripe tannin, and a lengthy finish. Cellar it for 2-3 years and drink it from 2011 to 2019. (92 pts)"
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