Cabernet Sauvignon (50%), Malbec (27%), Carmenère (17%), Petit Verdot (6%)
75cl * Organic & Biodynamic * 14% ABV * Aconcagua Valley, Chile
Seña was created in 1995 by Chilean Eduardo Chadwick and American Robert Mondavi to craft a red wine that could rival the finest Bordeaux. Located on 42 hectares of hillside vineyards in Chile’s Aconcagua Valley, just 40 km from the Pacific, the estate benefits from gravelly, volcanic soils and a cooling ocean influence, ideal for Cabernet Sauvignon, Carmenère, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, and Petit Verdot, all of which are grown organically and biodynamically.
The 2021 vintage was exceptional, with cooler temperatures and steady sunlight producing fruit with good acidity and concentration. The grapes are hand-selected and matured in French oak. The result is a wine of remarkable elegance, balance, and depth.
Drink now - 2040.
'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.' 100pts - Shuai Zekun, James Suckling.com
Toasted spices, dried herbs, with the red fruits, violet, black olives and cola of Malbec. Delivers tension and freshness, great balance, with weight and concentration through the mid palate, climbing upwards to a juicy finish. Cooler than average vintage of Sena, and an unusual one, with a harvest spread from late March with the Carmanère right until early May for the Petit Verdot the last time they went this late would have been the 2016 vintage. Unobtrusive tannins that build slowly but surely, needs some time in the bottle before drinking. 70% new oak, 10% 2,500 litres oak casks. Francisco Baettig winemaker. Drink 2026-2040. 95pts - Jane Anson MW
'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! 120,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2023. Drink 2024 - 2036.' 98pts - Luis Gutierrez, Wine Advocate
'The 2021 Seña is mostly Cabernet Sauvignon with 27% Malbec, 17% Carménère and 6% Petit Verdot from Ocoa in the Aconcagua Valley. It was aged for 22 months, 90% in French oak barrels 70% new) and 10% in foudres. Purple with a garnet sheen. The nose presents vivid redcurrant and blackcurrant notes with a layer of garrigue against a cigar box backdrop. Dry in the mouth, refreshing acidity stirs up finely grained tannins to channel the palate. A lingering, fruity red that will grow in the bottle. Drink 2026 - 2040.' 96pts - Joaquin Hidalgo, Vinous