2020 Seña Aconcagua Valley
Producer: Seña
Region: Aconcagua Valley
Country: Chile
Grapes: 53% Cabernet Sauvignon, 25% Malbec, 15% Carmenere and 7% Petit Verdot
Vintage: 2020
ABV: 13.50%
Vivino: 4.4
Drink By: 2039
Occasional Wine Note: This is the 2020 version of the wine we fell in love with from its 2015 vintage. It's a slightly different blend and it's not yet really ready to drink unless you decant for a bit, but it's still a powerful beauty that will not disappoint. Lay this one down for a few years if you can.
James Suckling
Critic Score: 98
Complex, with savory, spicy character, showing tobacco, salted plums, olives, black cherries, cassis and a hint of white pepper on the nose, followed by a refined, savory, balsamic accent. A full-bodied Seña with juicy fruit chiseling into the tight, extremely fine-grained tannins. Long, bright and still elegant from this warm vintage. 53% cabernet sauvignon, 25% malbec, 15% carmenere and 7% petit verdot. A wine with lots of harmony now, but better to drink from 2025.
Wine Advocate
Critic Score: 97
It's subtle and layered, not only fruit but with more spice; it has polished tannins and very integrated oak after 22 months in barrique, 78% new, and with 10% of the volume in large Stockinger barrels. The warmer years seem to be nicely managed, so that it's not reflected in the ripeness but is more a matter of texture and quality of the tannins; in the warmer years, like 2017 or this 2019, the wines have a little more grip, but these are definitely finer than those from the 2017 vintage. This wine has intensity and complexity, with no mintiness or herbal notes; it's spicy and juicy, with energy and depth. It has structure, color, stuffing and acidity to develop nicely in bottle.
