Sena 2014 (75cl)

A Bordeaux-style blend from the Aconcagua Valley in Chile, from the 2014 vintage and in a 75cl bottle. It has had more than ten years in bottle, and that age is given as the reason to choose it over a younger vintage, with the edges having had time to settle down. Decanting and giving it a good half hour is suggested, and it handles a proper meal well. Aconcagua blends like this usually show blackcurrant and dark plum with a firm structure; after ten-plus years a wine of this type typically shifts towards dried fruit, cedar and tobacco notes, with softer tannins. Bottles of this age vary.