The 2021 Seña Red Table Wine, a proprietary Bordeaux blend from the Aconcagua Valley in Chile, has garnered high praise from wine reviewers, reflecting its exceptional quality and complexity. This red wine is composed of 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 27% Malbec, 17% Carménère, and 6% Petit Verdot, produced from biodynamically grown grapes. The alcohol content is 14%.
James Suckling awarded this wine a perfect score of 100, describing it as having an "overwhelming nose with a cornucopia of black, red and blue berries, perfectly accented by fine toasty oak." He noted its "super-concentrated and vibrant" palate with "incredible finesse" and a finish where "the power builds very steadily." He concluded by saying it is "still so young, but already dangerously delicious" and recommended it for drinking from 2025.
Robert Parker's Wine Advocate also gave the 2021 Seña a near-perfect score of 98, praising its "elegant, nuanced, perfumed, subtle and pure" nose. The review highlighted the wine's "fine-grained and structured but juicy" texture, with "ultra-refined tannins" providing "great elegance" and a long, pure finish. The Advocate emphasized the cooler vintage and later harvest, which contributed to its finesse and complexity.
Decanter echoed these sentiments, awarding it 98 points and describing it as "linear, elegant and beautifully structured," with an "interesting tension between depth and fruit fleshiness, and the robust, vertical acid line." The wine's aromatic profile was noted for its "crunchy red plum, red cherry, cranberry, wild strawberries and blood orange," along with darker notes of "dark chocolate and tobacco."
Vinous rated the wine 96 points, noting its "vivid redcurrant and blackcurrant notes with a layer of garrigue against a cigar box backdrop." The review described the palate as "dry in the mouth, refreshing acidity stirs up finely grained tannins to channel the palate," resulting in a "lingering, fruity red that will grow in the bottle."
Other notable reviews include Wine Spectator's 94 points, highlighting its "elegantly styled" profile with "strawberry, pink peppercorn and fresh herb details," and Jane Anson's 95 points, commending its "toasted spices, dried herbs, with the red fruits, violet, black olives and cola of Malbec." The Wine Independent also gave it 95 points, noting its "lively notes of redcurrant jelly, blackcurrant pastilles, and dried sage," with a "medium-bodied palate" full of "energetic black fruits" and "ripe, grainy tannins."
In summary, the 2021 Seña Red Table Wine is a highly acclaimed Bordeaux blend, praised for its complexity, elegance, and potential for aging.