2012 Seña, Aconcagua Valley, Chile
- Red
- Dry
- Full Bodied
Ready - at best
- James Suckling
- 98/100
- Luis Gutiérrez
- 92/100
Product: 20128118712
Description
A phenomenal red with aromas of blackberry, licorice, sandalwood and hot stones turns to cigar box and hints of sweet tea. Full body, with incredible depth and concentration yet agile and playful. Long and fascinating. It talks to you.
Balanced. The greatest Seña ever.
James Suckling - jamessuckling.com - June 2014
Balanced. The greatest Seña ever.
James Suckling - jamessuckling.com - June 2014
Colour Red
Sweetness Dry
Vintage 2012
Maturity Ready - at best
Body Full Bodied
Producer Seña
Critics reviews
James Suckling 98/100
A phenomenal red with aromas of blackberry, licorice, sandalwood and hot stones turns to cigar box and hints of sweet tea. Full body, with incredible depth and concentration yet agile and playful. Long and fascinating. It talks to you. Balanced. The greatest Seña ever. james_suckling - jamessuckling_com - June 2014
Drink 2015 - 2022
Luis Gutiérrez 92/100
The 2012 Sena is from a cool vineyard on a rocky hillside with some clay, in the middle of the Aconcagua Valley, where there is still some influence from the Pacific Ocean. This wine has always been a blend, and in 2012 it is half Cabernet Sauvignon, complemented by Carmenere, Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet Franc. Bright and focused, with a nose mixing red fruit, it is also bright-colored, with ripe black fruit and balsamic notes in the shape of tobacco and cedar wood, with a medium-bodied palate, very good freshness and acidity, sophisticated, polished and fine-grained tannins. This is still a baby, but the silky texture makes it accessible now, while the complexity should come with more time. Drink 2015-2022.Luis Gutirrez - 26/06/2014
Drink 2015 - 2022
About this wine
Seña
Seña is a wine estate in Chile’s Aconcagua Valley. It was created in 1995 as a joint venture between Eduardo Chadwick, whose family owns Errázuriz, and the late Robert Mondavi of California. Their ambitious aim was to produce a wine in Chile that could rival Bordeaux’s First Growths in terms of both style and quality. In 1997, they released the inaugural 1995 vintage. The estate has been wholly owned by the Chadwick family since 2005. Today, Eduardo’s daughters María Eugenia, María Magdalena, María José, and Alejandra are involved in the family estate.
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