2020 Sena, Aconcagua Valley, Chile

The vineyards are 60 miles north of Santiago, this is a single vineyard concept like the great Chateau in Bordeaux, a blend of 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Carmenere, 10% Merlot, the rest isCabernet Franc and petite Verdot. Sena was one of the first iconic wines of Chile, the first release was 1997. Mondavi visited in 1991 first and met with all of the main producers and finally decided to make the partnership with Chaddwick and they found the vineyard site together and developed this Chateau like concept of an iconic wine from Chile. This wine has a beautiful bouquet with 22 months 50% new and 50% second use, this wine has a good bit of that peppery spice and herb notes , very fresh with plum and black cherry fruit, nice complexity on the nose. A big and chewy wine on the tongue but has nice balance with a lot of spice and a good hand of that herbs, tobacco spice and peppery note that is chile. This wine has a very elegant finish, nice richness but restrained and very Bordeaux like at the end very good freshness. Finish 45+ 4000 cases produced on average only 300 cases coming to the US. Most Excellent