Aconcagua · vintage 2021
Why this vintage
- 100/100 from James Sucklingand 3 other scores above 90/100.
- The 2021 vintage in AconcaguaA cool, overcast summer, then a moderately warm late March, slowed ripening: 1,425 degree-days, pure wines, with refreshing acidity and fine tannins.
Critic scores
- James Suckling100
- Wine Advocate98
- Decanter98
- Vinous96
The 2021 vintage in Aconcagua
Vintage character: A cool, overcast summer, then a moderately warm late March, slowed ripening: 1,425 degree-days, pure wines, with refreshing acidity and fine tannins.
Overall reading of the year’s season across Aconcagua. An estate can depart from it sharply, in frost or hail years, where two neighbours did not make the same vintage. What this particular wine actually gave is on its technical sheet and in the scores above.
Blend of the 2021 vintage
- 50 % Cabernet-sauvignon
- 27 % Malbec
- 17 % Carménère
- 6 % Petit verdot
Shares for this vintage, as recorded on the 2021 technical sheet. The vineyard itself is planted with cabernet sauvignon, merlot, cabernet franc, petit verdot, malbec, carménère — a vintage blend departs from the area under vine as the year dictates.
Winemaking
The grapes were hand-picked in the morning and transported to the winery in
12 kg boxes for careful inspection on a double sorting table
to remove plant debris and imperfect berries. 75% of the grapes
were fermented in stainless steel vats and 25% in concrete
vats between 23° and 28°C, depending on the variety and the desired
level of extraction. Three pump-overs were carried out daily during
fermentation to turn over 0.5 to 1.5 times the volume of the vat.
Total maceration time ranged from 12 to 30 days for the Cabernet
Sauvignon, Carménère, Malbec and Cabernet Franc, and from 8 to 12 days for the
Petit Verdot, depending on the development of each vinified block.
Ageing
22 months, 90% in French barrels (70% new) and 10% in foudres
Terroir
The Seña vineyard covers 42 hectares planted to Cabernet Sauvignon, Carménère, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, Malbec and Syrah. The soils extend across the slopes of the valley and are extremely varied. The climate is a little cooler than the regions that traditionally produce Chilean red wines, yet warm enough for the grapes to reach an excellent level of ripeness. Harvest takes place on average two weeks later than in the vineyards situated further inside the valley.
An offer on Viña Seña 2021
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Texts and documents 2021
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Visuals
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Sheet checked on September 21, 2026. Technical data: the estate’s VinCod sheets. Critic scores: sources cited above, with their date. Vintage benchmarks and character: Compagnie Médocaine’s own editorial read. Soils and relief, where shown: the Compagnie Médocaine’s parcel survey and the Mapbox/IGN terrain model.