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Seña 2018 600cl

Aconcagua Valley | Cile
CHF 1’405.30
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98 Robert Parker
The 2018 Seña shows the fresher side of the Ocoa zone of the Aconcagua Valley through a Bordeaux blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Malbec, 15% Carmenere, 7% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot; there are small differences, but nothing substantial. As I've seen in other wines from the very complete 2018 vintage, the grapes ripened thoroughly and achieved more flavors and nuances, and the wines are slightly higher in alcohol (14% this year versus 13.3% in 2017, but in reality it's 13.8% ). But the wine seems to have more of everything. The grapes fermented in a combination of stainless steel and concrete vats and matured in new barriques and Stockinger foudres for 22 months, a similar formula as the one used for Viñedo Chadwick. This is a very elegant vintage of Seña, a year with a slow ripening so that the grapes achieved very good ripeness and full development of aromas and flavors, making the wine nuanced and complex, with depth but also freshness and finesse—floral and expressive. The tannins are very fine, polished and elegant, and the wine is long and complex, mixing the best f 2015 and 2016, coming through as a very complete year. It's still a little young and should develop nicely in bottle; it's approachable now, but if you can hold it a little bit more, it should be even better. This has to be the finest vintage of Seña to date. Comparing it with the Chadwick from the same year, there is more freshness and a little more complexity and clout coming form the cooler zone and the palette of varieties used that give more options to achieve more nuance. 100,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February and March 2020.
Produttore
Chadwick Eduardo
Eduardo Chadwick ha collaborato con il famoso vinificatore californiano Robert Mondavi per creare il primo vino icona del Cile, il Seña. Le prime bottiglie (annata 1995) furono commercializzate nel 1997 e rappresentano l’apice del loro impegno per produrre il miglior vino rosso premium del Paese. Questa mossa di tendenza ha spianato la strada al futuro dei vini cileni Ultra-Premium. Situata tra le dolci colline di Aconcagua, la proprietà di 350 ettari possiede 42 ettari vitati, coltivati con metodi agricoli biologici e biodinamici. L'assemblaggio varia da un'annata all'altra, ma è tipicamente composto da circa metà Cabernet Sauvignon, con una miscela variabile di varietà di Carménère, Malbec, Merlot, Cabernet Franc e Petit Verdot. Le uve fermentano in serbatoi d’acciaio inox a temperatura controllata, successivamente il vino invecchia in botti nuove di rovere francese per 22 mesi. Accolto con affetto da critici e appassionati, Seña è senza dubbio l'astro nascente del Cile.