2011 Seña

Community Tasting Notes (25) Avg Score: 92.3 points

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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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  7/29/2023 - maaike2 wrote: 92 Points

  Overwhelming ripe cherries with Earthy noties, and at the same time with Vivid acidity, long, long finish. What a pleasure.

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  1/1/2023 - peter.mancell@mfg.com.au Likes this wine: 95 Points

  After a 90 minute decant, this Sena drank beautifully!
  Big fruit, truly savoury character as well and a glorious texture.

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  12/26/2022 - maaike2 wrote: 94 Points

  At Fred and Yolanda:second bottle: fabulous. Dark red to purple, enormous power and elegance at the same time, fruit and tobacco, spiciness, mouth filling and round, beautiful integrated tannins, length. this was the bottle as it should be!

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  12/26/2022 - maaike2 wrote: 91 Points

  At Fred and Yolanda: direct from bottle. elegant, fruit and some spiciness, and wood, high acidity, medium length. this was first of two bottles, see second note. Definitely this bottle was sub-optimal,

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