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Price per
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Tasting
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VIÑA SENA
RP/Jay
Miller -
Sena is one of Chile’s icon wines
and deservedly so.
Viña Sena was originally a partnership between Eduardo Chadwick and
Robert Mondavi but since the demise of the Mondavi empire, Sena has been
going it alone. The fruit is entirely sourced from the Sena Hillside
Vineyard which is biodynamically farmed. |
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12 |
75 |
SENA
Viña Sena
Eduardo Chadwick
RP/Luiz Gutierrez -
2015 might have been a slightly warmer year, but
the resulting wine is lower in alcohol and higher in acidity, which
provide for a more vibrant mouthfeel and a more focused expression of
the character of the place. This vintage has half a degree less alcohol,
and the acidity is a little more pungent; and, the amount of wine in
foudre seems to help the oak to show better integrated. This is dry,
nicely textured, and the replacement of the Merlot by Malbec seems to
have also added to the refinement of the tannins that are super-elegant. |
2015 |
£96.00 |
RP/LG96
2018-30 |
17 |
37.5 |
SENA
Viña Sena
Eduardo Chadwick
RP/Luiz Gutierrez -
The blend for the 2014 Seña was 60% Cabernet
Sauvignon, 16% Carmenere, 11% Malbec, 8% Merlot and 5% Petit Verdot from
their stony soils. The different grapes are carefully fermented
separately and with different regimes of maceration and extraction but
always looking for elegance within the natural power of the zone. The
final blend was transferred to French oak barrels, 67% of them new (a
percentage that seems to be slowly going down), for the élevage of 22
months. This time, some 5% of the volume carried out its aging in new
Stockinger foudres. This is very much in line with the 2013 and the
direction set by that cool year. The wine is very harmonious, elegant
within the house style. Another superb vintage of Seña. This should age
effortlessly in bottle.
HALF-BOTTLES -
a great way to try a top wine, without having to pay the full
price for standard bottle. |
2014 |
£46.00 |
RP/LG95
2017-29 |
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