- Colour
- Red
- Producer
- Eduardo Chadwick and Robert Mondavi
- Region
- Aconcagua Valley
- Grape
- Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ PV / Malbec
- Drinking
- 2021 - 2035
- Case size
- 6x75cl
- Available Now
2018 VIÑA SEÑA ACONCAGUA VALLEY CHADWICK - 6x75cl
- Colour
- Red
- Producer
- Eduardo Chadwick and Robert Mondavi
- Region
- Aconcagua Valley
- Grape
- Cab. Sauvignon/ Merlot/ Cab. Franc/ PV / Malbec
- Drinking
- 2021 - 2035
- Case size
- 6x75cl
- Available Now
- Pricing
- Retail
- In Bond
- Pricing Info
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Tasting Notes
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Goedhuis, August 2020
Deep garnet colour. A multi-scented wine where herbal minted characters sit beautifully alongside deep dark currant and fruit compote aromas. In the palate the initial impact is one of broad luscious sweet dark fruits. The harmony of flavours are balanced by an inherent drive and vigour and the sleek tannins are tightly knit, holding the wine together. A wonderful benchmark for the great wines of Aconcagua and Chile.
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Wine Advocate, August 2020,
Score: 98The 2018 Seña shows the fresher side of the Ocoa zone of the Aconcagua Valley through a Bordeaux blend of 55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 18% Malbec, 15% Carmenere, 7% Cabernet Franc and 5% Petit Verdot; there are small differences, but nothing substantial. As I've seen in other wines from the very complete 2018 vintage, the grapes ripened thoroughly and achieved more flavors and nuances, and the wines are slightly higher in alcohol (14% this year versus 13.3% in 2017, but in reality it's 13.8% ). But the wine seems to have more of everything. The grapes fermented in a combination of stainless steel and concrete vats and matured in new barriques and Stockinger foudres for 22 months, a similar formula as the one used for Viñedo Chadwick. This is a very elegant vintage of Seña, a year with a slow ripening so that the grapes achieved very good ripeness and full development of aromas and flavors, making the wine nuanced and complex, with depth but also freshness and finesse—floral and expressive. The tannins are very fine, polished and elegant, and the wine is long and complex, mixing the best f 2015 and 2016, coming through as a very complete year. It's still a little young and should develop nicely in bottle; it's approachable now, but if you can hold it a little bit more, it should be even better. This has to be the finest vintage of Seña to date. Comparing it with the Chadwick from the same year, there is more freshness and a little more complexity and clout coming form the cooler zone and the palette of varieties used that give more options to achieve more nuance. 100,000 bottles produced.
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James Suckling, August 2020,
Score: 100This is a very thoughtful Seña that shows unique aromas of warm earth, mushrooms and conifer, turning to dark berries and black olives. The palate is more glamorous with ultra-fine tannins that envelop your palate. Shows power and vibrancy at the end. Toned muscles. It’s a very intellectual wine that harkens back to the 2015. Blend of 55% cabernet sauvignon, 18% malbec, 15% carmenere, 7% cabernet franc and 5% merlot.
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Tim Atkin, August 2020,
Score: 96Average growing season temperatures at Seña were significantly lower in 2018 than in 2017 and that, coupled with a subtle Pacific Ocean influence, has delivered a fresher style. For all that, it remains the most exotic and “Mediterranean” of the top Errázuriz reds, with more colour than its partners and top notes of rosemary and lavender. The palate is still quite firm, with sinewy tannins, toasty, cigar-box oak and good depth and structure. Marrying Cabernet Sauvignon with 45% Malbec, Carmenère, Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot, with ageing in 85% new wood, it’s youthful, assertive and slightly inchoate, hinting enticingly at more to come in bottle as the oak integrates into the wine.
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Region
Aconcagua Valley
The Aconcagua Valley is one of the more northerly wine producing regions in Chile. Inland hot dry conditions and alluvial soils produce fine red wines. The more temperate climate towards the Pacific coast can result in high quality Pinot Noir and Sauvignon Blanc.