2009 Seña

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 91.1 points

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  5/10/2024 - kostaslonis wrote:

  Random wines tasted during service (Oinoscent): Bottle opened by colleague during service to drink from Oinoscent cellar, flash decanted and blind tasted
  The wine shows fragrant profile, strong oak frame, red (dried) fruit, cherry, sweet spice, peppery, nutmeg, a few bitter almond notes in the back, chocolate and espresso beans, pyrazine notes
  Palate with the same profile, the tannins are there but fine, the palate shows some evolution, warmth from alcohol, pyrazine again, coffee-spice-old oak, tense, long finish
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  At first I thought US, then I thought it could be european, the nose is more fresh, the palate more decadent, called it a non-european Cabernet based. It definately needs time to open up, after about 2 hours, it was super smooth, not so warm and the oak influence was less obvious. Solid wine

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  4/5/2024 - jonfrutkin Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Good news is still more run room. Great fruit and just starting to gain fig.

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  12/8/2023 - burlingtonm Likes this wine: 93 Points

  This was my favourite Sena amongst a range of vintages from 1997 to 2021. Well-managed tannins, notes of coffee, good, ripe fruit and a long finish

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  11/3/2023 - CMSPN wrote: 93 Points

  Excellent. I had the 25th anniversary edition. Layers of fruit and balanced tannins. Great nose and long finish. Drink now and enjoy!

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  10/19/2023 - crumblemore Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Tasted at the Sena Vertical Wine Dinner (v2016, v2017, v2013, 2011, 2009) hosted by Omtis in Hong Kong.
  
  Overall, I enjoyed all of the wines and they all showed remarkable elegance and finesse. All of them were complex with vibrant acidity. Hints of dark fruit and influence from oak. My takeaway was that they were quite different but genuinely excellent.
  
  2016 (92pt) and 2013 (92pt) were cool years and the wines were fresh, slightly lighter, medium body, and very approachable. I thought these were easy to drink and perfect with food.
  
  2017 (92pt) was a warm vintage, the wine was much more concentrated, and tasted more full bodied, sweeter and more ripe.
  
  2011(91pt) was a balanced year according to the representative from Sena, it is a very elegant style, good structure, good concentration, very smooth, approachable, fresh, but still very long and full Med+ body.
  
  2009 (91pt)was made in an entirely different style from the other wines mentioned above. This was the last year they made it using 100% new oak in preference for a lighter/fresher style in the following vintages. This wine was dense and powerful with great complexity.
  
  To conclude, I couldn’t really say if there was a WOTN for me, all of them were well made. I would suggest comparing 2009 and earlier vintages to the more recent ones. For myself, I enjoyed drinking 2016 and 2013 the most. They were bright with good structure. Perhaps 2017 was the best wine, it was complex, dense, structured, full, and probably would cellar the best.

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