Sena - Red Blend Aconcagua Chile 2021 (750ml)
Price: $135.00
| Producer | Sena |
| Country | Chile |
| Region | Aconcagua |
| Varietal | Bordeaux Blend |
| Vintage | 2021 |
| Sku | 6385 |
| Size | 750ml |
James Suckling: 100 Points
An extremely pure and elegant vintage for Seña. This is really fresh nimble and floral on the nose with subtle cherries plums redcurrants and wild lavender. More red fruit here with lots of layers and just a touch of sweet spice. Very discreet and subtle with the elegance freshness and poise you?d expect from 2021. Medium- to full-bodied on the palate with a bit more flesh and depth if you compare it with Roca de Seña their second wine. The impeccable tannins show the supreme quality of the fruit this year. Persistent seamless finish but comes in a subtle way. 50% cabernet sauvignon 27% malbec 17% carmenere and 6% petit verdot. Effortlessly drinkable now but it will age beautifully.
dWine Advocate: 98+ Points
One of the finest vintages of the iconic Seña wine the 2021 Seña comes from a cooler year following the path of 2016 and 2018 certainly cooler than 2020 and 2019. It has a super expressive nose that is elegant nuanced perfumed subtle and pure with aromatic finesse layered and complex. It was picked a couple of weeks later than in the previous two years and still keeping the alcohol below 14%. It was produced with a blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon 27% Malbec (cooler years with more) 17% Carmenere and 6% Petit Verdot fermented mostly in stainless steel and 10% in oak foudre. It's fine-grained and structured but juicy similar to 2018 but with more finesse. It has the spicy/herbal twist from the Cabernet ultra-refined tannins that give it great elegance and with length purity and delineation. Superb! 120000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2023. Seña has finished the redistribution and replanting of their vineyards after a soils study using the new Malbecs and some Petit Verdot in the second wine Rocas de Seña with a base of Malbec with Cabernet and with some Mediterranean grapes (Syrah Grenache and Mourvedre). 2021 was a cooler year without high peaks in the summer which is key reasonable rain in winter and the good conditions for settling and cooler temperatures than the average in the summer. It's a healthy vintage similar to 2016 with less rain and acidity and with a little more structure and concentration but with finesse and balance and a little slimmer than the 2018s. They harvested later than in 2020 and 2019. 2021 is the last harvest from winemaker Francisco "Pancho" Baettig who is now dedicated to his personal project in the south but still working as a consultant for the Chadwick family after 20 years of dedication. Published: Aug 31 2023
Decanter: 98 Points
Linear, elegant and beautifully structured, with fine-grained tannins that are at once firm and silky. Very nuanced aromatic profile with crunchy red plum, red cherry, cranberry, wild strawberries and blood orange, over broodier dark chocolate and tobacco. Subtle floral notes add lifting allure. In the mouth there’s an interesting tension between depth and fruit fleshiness, and the robust, vertical acid line.
Tasted by: Ines Salpico
The moderately cool conditions of the year have produced an intensely fragrant and concentrated wine on the nose - this smells powerful and expressive. Smooth, silky and seductive with crystalline, succulent and ample fruit - blackcurrants, cherries and strawberries, but mostly black fruit, with clear menthol, clove, cocoa and a liquorice tang. Bright and lifted, this has clear personality and such a stylish execution. Full and round, forward and intense, but delivered with poise. A delicious wine with so much to like not least the exceptional acidity coupled with the depth and width giving a complete wine with intensity and refinement. Everything feels carefully considered but still giving flavour and verve. Ageing 22 months, 90% French oak barrels (70% new), 10% in foudres. A blend of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Malbec, 17% Carménère and 6% Petit Verdot completes the blend. Winemaker Francisco Baettig.
Tasted by: Georgina Hindle
