2013 Seña

Community Tasting Notes (46) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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  5/4/2024 - Andy2014 Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Medium ruby. Pronounced aromas of blackcurrant, black plum, black cherry, violet, green pepper, vanilla, smoke, cedar, mint, eucalyptus, stewed fruit, chocolate, coffee, tar, mushroom. High acidity, high fine-grained tannins, full-bodied. Long finish and suitable for further ageing.

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  4/14/2024 - BobLikesWine Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Good color, light herbaceous and plum on the nose, and dark fruit taste that didn’t last long. Great wine, but didn’t knock me over at the price.

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  12/6/2023 - Léognan Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This Cabernet dominated wine drinks really nice, more the first, less the second day what means that the fruit driven side is beginning to diminish whereas the secondary and tertiary notes become more prominent without being able to build a stable counterpart to the diminishing fruit. In my opinion, this Seña will not be a long distance runner I would expect from a premium wine in the price range of 100€+.
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  10/19/2023 - crumblemore Likes this wine: 92 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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  9/15/2023 - NickA Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Bordeaux blends Paulée with Lay & Wheeler (The George): Softly herbal nose; it seemed more mature than I'd expact at 10 years, which is a compliment rather than a concern about it being advanced. Bright red fruit and powdery tannin, with excellent clarity and tension. Just delicious!

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