Sena 2009

Francisco Baettig, winemaker, tasting in 2022: “Seña 2009 is a very complex wine that is showing beautifully today, after more than ten years of ageing. The colour shows its natural evolution, which still retains its red hue. The nose unveils multiple layers of spicy notes, subtle oak, chocolate, tobacco and cigar box, while amazingly fruity as it opens up, with hints of ripe raspberry and cherry. The mouth is round but shows vivid acidity on the finish. This vintage displays excellent density and length with great structure and perfectly ripe tannins alluring with a soft and silky mouthfeel. Ready to drink now or hold for five more years.”

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Producer Note 01 January 2022

This is a powerful and structured red with currants, minerals and blackberries. Full and very silky plus has firm tannins and a chewy finish. Stoney. Needs another three years to soften. A beauty.

Score: 95

James Suckling, JamesSuckling.com 13 August 2014

he 2009 Sena has an exuberant bouquet of blackberry, boysenberry, menthol, crushed stone and graphite that is extremely well defined and more feminine than the 2008. The palate is medium-bodied with fine, taut tannins and superb focus. It has a focused, leafy, tobacco infused finish and great length. Excellent. Drink 2014-2020. Sena is the peripatetic wine that goes around the world challenging and, let it be said, often defeating First Growths in blind tastings. I will not enter into a discussion about that here, although it must be said that Sena is an impressive wine. Tasting through this mini-vertical from almost the first vintage, I did find a distinct improvement from 2007 onwards. While I understand that older vintages have their share of plaudits, I discerned more complexity and vitality as well as finer integration of oak on newer vintages, as if more thought had gone into the wines. The result can be seen in the wines themselves, in particular the outstanding 2010.

Score: 92

Neal Martin, Wine Advocate, RobertParker.com Maturity: 2014 30 December 2012

Vivid ruby. High-pitched aromas of redcurrant and cherry, with spice and floral accents and a touch of vanilla. Zesty, focuse red fruit flavors gain heft and sweetness with air. Shows very good energy and purity on the long, spicy, nicely delineated finish. I'll bet that this finely tuned wine will reward a decade in the cellar.

Score: 92

Josh Raynolds, Vinous.com 01 May 2012