Enzo Bianchi Gran Cru 2007
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The 2007 Enzo Bianchi is a blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 8% Petit Verdot, and 7% Malbec aged for 12 months in new French oak. Opaque purple in color, it offers up an expressive nose of cigar box, Asian spices, violets, underbrush, black currant, and blackberry. Medium- to full-bodied with a round plush texture, it reveals intense flavors, incipient complexity, and precision balance. Give it another 2-3 years of cellaring and drinking it from 2012 to 2022.
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Bodegas Bianchi is a 4th generation, family-owned Argentine winery that began in 1928 who is respected for its traditional wines.
After almost a century of hard work and success, Bodegas Bianchi still shines with the legacy of the family, seeking to keep alive the passion for wine, crossing borders and constantly exploring new horizons.
Bodegas Bianchi encompasses the exponents of the best Terroirs of Argentina under its hallmark. The philosophy is to constantly search for the ideal Terroir for each wine, offering variety and excellence.
Bodegas Bianchi in line with the global trend, has the mission of finding the unique and unparalleled aspects of each of their estates so as to interpret the vine’s intent and provide the market with variety and excellence in each and every one of the wines.
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