The Parallel 34 list
First pour, first word
New arrivals from the four houses, winemaker dinners, and the nights the flight changes — sent by us, not by anyone else.
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Mendoza, Argentina
The name means the enemy. Alejandro Vigil's idea is that the real enemy is yourself — the internal fight every winemaker has. It is the most visually distinctive bottle on any Renzo's table.
Founded around 2009 by Alejandro Vigil — Catena Zapata's winemaking director — with Adrianna Catena. The winery name, Bodega Aleanna, is Ale plus Anna. Fruit comes from Gualtallary, Agrelo and Chacayes.
This is the day-job-versus-passion-project brand. The same man who runs Catena Zapata makes El Enemigo on the side, and it is where he does the things that would not fit a larger house style — pushing Cabernet Franc instead of Malbec, and ageing some whites under flor, the yeast veil borrowed from sherry in Jerez.
The labels are collages by the artist Sebastián Britos, built from early-twentieth-century Argentine imagery, and every bottle is finished with hand-tied string and a wax-style seal. Guests notice it across the room.
#29 World's Best Vineyards 2024. Gran Enemigo Agrelo 2019 took 97 points from both Parker and Vinous; Gran Enemigo Gualtallary 97 from Jeb Dunnuck; the El Enemigo Chardonnay 96 from James Suckling. Cabernet Franc is the house calling card.
Bottle prices. The list moves with the season — see the full wine list for everything open tonight.
El Enemigo is one of the four pours in the $34 Flight of the Parallel, which runs all hours, every day — the fastest way to taste it alongside the other three houses.
New arrivals from the four houses, winemaker dinners, and the nights the flight changes — sent by us, not by anyone else.
A few emails a year. Unsubscribe any time. Renzo's Restaurant Group.
104 2nd Street South, downtown St. Petersburg. El Enemigo is on the list every night.