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Sena Aconcagua Valley Eduardo Chadwick 2016
Bottles Available:
18 × 75cl from 15th Oct We keep some stock in our London Warehouse. Large volumes take 24 hours from our out of London warehouse.
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 Chadwick’s daughters, María Eugenia, María Magdalena, María José, and Alejandra are involved in the family estate.
Chile has a mosaic of climates, soils and terroirs that run north to south, from the Atacama Desert to the Patagonian Ice Field, but whose diversity is even greater from east to west, between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. These natural boundaries and a beneficial Mediterranean climate create unique conditions that make this country a true viticultural paradise.
Located in the Aconcagua Valley, 40 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean, Seña’s 42-hectare hillside vineyard was planted in 1998 to key red Bordeaux varieties. The colluvial soils on the valley’s slopes present a variety of textures and proportions of stone content, resulting in a great diversity of well-drained gravel and rocky soils with loam to clay-loam texture. The climate is Mediterranean, with a long dry season and rainfall concentrated in winter. Due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the median temperatures are low, however, the vineyard’s position on the eastern side of the Coastal Mountains, facing away from the sea, protects the vines from the direct effect of the ocean’s strong, cold winds and creates cool-climate conditions, perfect for producing red grapes that reach an excellent level of maturity with balanced acidity that provide great elegance and finesse.
Weather in 2016: Rainfall arrived with some delay during 2015 and along with it came cooler temperatures during spring, delaying bud break in 8 to 10 days as compared with the previous season. This little time lag continued until flowering, which nevertheless took place very evenly during mid-November once the spring temperatures had picked up, providing ideal conditions for a healthy fruit set. Then, warm summer conditions continued throughout February, allowing the crop to homogenize before March arrived. The harvest at the Seña Vineyard was mostly concentrated during the first fortnight of April, and the Carmenere was picked during the last week of April, just after the rains halfway through the month. The wines have deliciously round tannins and are bolstered by a bright and balanced level of acidity.
Technical Information:
Grape Varieties: 55% Cabernet, 20% Malbec, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Carmenere & 5% Cabernet Franc.
Ageing: 22 Months, 88% French Oak Barrels (73% New) , 12% Foudre (Stockinger)
Alcohol: 13.5%
Production: 72,000 bottles
Release Date: September 2018
Tasting Note: A ripe, complex nose of cassis and raspberry jam with sweet spices from the ageing. Fresh and juicy on the palate with a taut texture of firm, precise tannins and a bold, lengthy finish. Will age well in the bottle. - Tasted by Joaquin Hidalgo
Chile has a mosaic of climates, soils and terroirs that run north to south, from the Atacama Desert to the Patagonian Ice Field, but whose diversity is even greater from east to west, between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean. These natural boundaries and a beneficial Mediterranean climate create unique conditions that make this country a true viticultural paradise.
Located in the Aconcagua Valley, 40 kilometres from the Pacific Ocean, Seña’s 42-hectare hillside vineyard was planted in 1998 to key red Bordeaux varieties. The colluvial soils on the valley’s slopes present a variety of textures and proportions of stone content, resulting in a great diversity of well-drained gravel and rocky soils with loam to clay-loam texture. The climate is Mediterranean, with a long dry season and rainfall concentrated in winter. Due to its proximity to the Pacific Ocean, the median temperatures are low, however, the vineyard’s position on the eastern side of the Coastal Mountains, facing away from the sea, protects the vines from the direct effect of the ocean’s strong, cold winds and creates cool-climate conditions, perfect for producing red grapes that reach an excellent level of maturity with balanced acidity that provide great elegance and finesse.
Weather in 2016: Rainfall arrived with some delay during 2015 and along with it came cooler temperatures during spring, delaying bud break in 8 to 10 days as compared with the previous season. This little time lag continued until flowering, which nevertheless took place very evenly during mid-November once the spring temperatures had picked up, providing ideal conditions for a healthy fruit set. Then, warm summer conditions continued throughout February, allowing the crop to homogenize before March arrived. The harvest at the Seña Vineyard was mostly concentrated during the first fortnight of April, and the Carmenere was picked during the last week of April, just after the rains halfway through the month. The wines have deliciously round tannins and are bolstered by a bright and balanced level of acidity.
Technical Information:
Grape Varieties: 55% Cabernet, 20% Malbec, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Carmenere & 5% Cabernet Franc.
Ageing: 22 Months, 88% French Oak Barrels (73% New) , 12% Foudre (Stockinger)
Alcohol: 13.5%
Production: 72,000 bottles
Release Date: September 2018
Tasting Note: A ripe, complex nose of cassis and raspberry jam with sweet spices from the ageing. Fresh and juicy on the palate with a taut texture of firm, precise tannins and a bold, lengthy finish. Will age well in the bottle. - Tasted by Joaquin Hidalgo
In the early 1990s, Chile was just emerging into the international world of wine. However, Eduardo Chadwick, who had joined his father in the family wine business, Viña Errazuriz, in 1983, already knew from his extensive travels to the wine regions of the world that Chile's land and climate were particularly suited for producing fine wines and had great potential. And when family friend and vintner Agustin Huneeus asked him to spend some time showing Robert Mondavi and his wife Margrit around the Chilean wine country, he was delighted to have the opportunity.
Robert Mondavi found a kindred spirit in young Eduardo Chadwick, who spent a week showing him around central Chile in 1991. They visited many wineries in the Aconcagua, Maipo, and Colchagua valleys.
By the time they were done, they were both convinced that Chile had all the potential that California had shown two decades earlier and that together they could make an outstanding wine—a true Icon—that could prove Chile’s world-class potential.
Seña needed a vineyard of its own, and Tim Mondavi and Eduardo Chadwick began searching for just the right terroir. Tim was ahead of his time in insisting they seek out a cooler site in order to make a fresher, more elegant wine than was the norm in the mid-1990s. And because they agreed that the use of sustainable practices was a key element from the beginning, they also looked for a site that was relatively self-contained for better environmental protection and to prevent cross-contamination from neighbours involved in conventional agricultural practices.
Today, although the road has begun, there is still much to do and go. Eduardo Chadwick’s daughters, María Eugenia, María Magdalena, María José and Alejandra, not only give joy and meaning to the life of Seña’s founder because of their family ties, but also because they are venturing into the wonderful world of viticulture.
Robert Mondavi found a kindred spirit in young Eduardo Chadwick, who spent a week showing him around central Chile in 1991. They visited many wineries in the Aconcagua, Maipo, and Colchagua valleys.
By the time they were done, they were both convinced that Chile had all the potential that California had shown two decades earlier and that together they could make an outstanding wine—a true Icon—that could prove Chile’s world-class potential.
Seña needed a vineyard of its own, and Tim Mondavi and Eduardo Chadwick began searching for just the right terroir. Tim was ahead of his time in insisting they seek out a cooler site in order to make a fresher, more elegant wine than was the norm in the mid-1990s. And because they agreed that the use of sustainable practices was a key element from the beginning, they also looked for a site that was relatively self-contained for better environmental protection and to prevent cross-contamination from neighbours involved in conventional agricultural practices.
Today, although the road has begun, there is still much to do and go. Eduardo Chadwick’s daughters, María Eugenia, María Magdalena, María José and Alejandra, not only give joy and meaning to the life of Seña’s founder because of their family ties, but also because they are venturing into the wonderful world of viticulture.
Cellar Master History at Seña:
Emily Faulconer Seña Cellar Master 2023 - Current
Emily Faulconer took over leadership as technical director for Viñedos Familia Chadwick, succeeding the long-standing acclaimed winemaker Francisco Baettig.
Francisco Baettig Seña Cellar Master 2003 - 2023
Francisco shaped Seña's style for two decades and now acts in a consultative role.
Emily Faulconer Seña Cellar Master 2023 - Current
Emily Faulconer took over leadership as technical director for Viñedos Familia Chadwick, succeeding the long-standing acclaimed winemaker Francisco Baettig.
Francisco Baettig Seña Cellar Master 2003 - 2023
Francisco shaped Seña's style for two decades and now acts in a consultative role.
98/100
“Aromas are lifted and bright in this wine with loads of blackberries and blueberries. Full body, velvety tannins. Gorgeous texture. Very pure fruit. A bright and more fundamental Seña than last vintages. Restrained at the end. 55% cabernet, 20% malbec, 12% petit verdot, 8% carmenere, 5% cabernet franc. September 2018 release. Needs three or four years of bottle age.”
97/100
“The truly excellent 2016 Seña could very well be the finest wine produced at this estate that started as a joint venture between Robert Mondavi and Eduardo Chadwick and now continues under the guidance of Chadwick and the excellent hand of winemaker Francisco "Pancho" Baettig. The grapes were picked later in 2016, and the final blend is 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Malbec, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Carmenere and 5% Cabernet Franc, with more Malbec and considerably less Carmenere than in the past. This is "only" 13.5% alcohol and has remarkable acidity and freshness, as well as overall balance and elegance that surpasses all previous vintages. Twelve percent of the volume matured in oak foudres, while the rest was aged in barrique (73% new) for 22 months. Even so, the wine is not oaky and comes through as harmonious and elegant within the house style. It's serious, dry and elegant, with zero concessions to sweetness. A mineral and profound red blend. 72,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in February 2018.”
93/100
“Seña 2016 is a blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Malbec, 12% Petit Verdot, 8% Carménère and 5% Cabernet Franc, all from Aconcagua, that spent 22 months in French oak, 73% of it new. A ripe, complex nose of cassis and raspberry jam with sweet spices from the ageing. Fresh and juicy on the palate with a taut texture of firm, precise tannins and a bold, lengthy finish. Will age well in the bottle.
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