Post on 15-Dec-2015
VIÑA ERRAZURIZ
Founded in 1870 by Don Maximiano Errázuriz in Valle de Aconcagua
Decanter Magazine / The Top 50 power list. UK, July 2005 “Errázuriz provides the quality benchmark from Chile”
VIÑA ERRAZURIZ, THE BEGINNING OF THE MODERN ERA
Don Alfonso Chadwick Errázuriz & Eduardo (1983)
FIRST TRIP TO BORDEAUX VISITING WITH EMILE PEYNOD (1985)“The father of the modern winemaking”
ROBERT MONDAVI CAME TO CHILE IN 1991…
And became intrigued by the potential of Chilean wines
ROBERT MONDAVI
He pioneered the transformation of Napa Valley into a world-class wine region
“ I had the notion that we could make great wines equal to the greatest wines in the world, and everybody said it was impossible”. 1966
ROBERT MONDAVI & BARON PHILIPPE DE ROTHSCHILDThe Californian wine industry's first international joint venture1978: Opus One, first icon wine from California
ROBERT MONDAVI & EDUARDO CHADWICK
The Chilean wine industry's first international joint ventureSeña 1995, Chile’s first icon wine
A SHARED PASSION FOR EXCELLENCE AND INNOVATION
Tim Mondavi, Robert Mondavi, Eduardo Chadwick & Michael Mondavi
SEÑA, A UNIQUE HILLSIDE TERROIR IN THE VALLE DE ACONCAGUA
350 hectares
SEÑA’S LOCATION. 40 KMS. FROM THE PACIFIC OCEAN
SEÑA HILLSIDE TERROIR: GRAVEL, ROCK AND LOAM.
A SUSTAINABLE DESIGN: UNTOUCHED NATURAL CORRIDORS
SEÑA, A DISCTINCTIVE CHILEAN BORDEAUX BLEND
2003, MONDAVI’S LAST VISIT TO SEÑA’S VINEYARD
Seña is the culmination of a wonderful partnership and a passionate journey
BIODYNAMIC FARMING SINCE 2005
In order to reflect a deep and authentic sense of origin
TECHNICAL TEAM
SEÑA HILLTOP MIRADOR. A place to enjoy !
SEÑA BIODYNAMIC CENTER
SEÑA, WAS CONCEIVED OF AS WORLD-CLASS WINE SINCE ITS INCEPTION
WE ALSO WANTED TO OBTAIN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
HOWEVER…
OUR QUEST FOR INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION
A PERSONAL EXPERIENCE
"BLIND JUSTICE "
BLIND TASTINGS
UNBIASED VIEW OF THEWINES TASTEDULTIMATE ASSESMENT OF INTRINSIC QUALITY
INSPIRED IN THE JUDGEMENT OF PARIS
California v/s France, Steven Spurrier 1976The historical blind tasting that changed the wine world
THE PARIS TASTING IMPRESSIONS
“The Paris Tasting put us squarely on the world map of great wine producing regions…They saw we could make wines as good as the best in France.”
Robert Mondavi, Napa1976.
Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate, 2001.
“The Paris Tasting destroyed the myth of French supremacy and marked the democratization of the wine world. It was a watershed in history of wine.”
THE PARIS TASTING IMPRESSIONS
THE BERLIN TASTING
January 2004Ritz Carlton Hotel, Berlin
THE BERLIN TASTING
The best wines of the world, the millennium vintages: 2000 & 2001Rated:100 Parker points.
THE BERLIN TASTING
40 best wine experts from Europe
HISTORICS RESULTS FOR CHILE…
“The victory was conclusive for Eduardo Chadwick. Why did the tasters put his wines first, second and fourth?
Simply because they are very good wines indeed.”
STEVEN SPURRIER, from Decanter, UK moderated the event.
Impressions after the Berlin tasting.
JANCIS ROBINSON’S at Financial Times, UKFebruary 14th, 2004
“One enterprising Chilean wine producer, Eduardo Chadwick of Viña Errázuriz, has managed to organise a similar evolutionary milestone for the Chilean wine industry…
…at what will be doubtless come to be known in the history of Chilean wine as the Berlin Tasting.”
New York 2010Moscow 2012
Toronto 2006London 2009
Amsterdam 2008
Stockholm 2009
Helsinki 2011
Copenhagen 2008
Berlin 2004Zurich 2011 Seoul 2008
Beijing 2008
Hong Kong 2010
Tokyo 2006
Brasil 2005
THE BERLIN TASTING WORLD TOUR 2004-2013
Dubai 2013
94 pts.
92 pts.
95 pts.
96 pts.
95 pts.
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
ROBERT PARKER RATINGS
SEÑA has been the highest rated Chilean Bordeaux blendfor fifth consecutive years by Robert Parker.
SEÑA « is perhaps Chile’s most famous producer and iconic wine»
- The Wine Advocate Dec’12
OUR NEXT CHALLENGE…
TO SHOWCASE SEÑA’S AGEING
POTENTIAL
SEÑA VERTICAL TASTING WORLD
TOUR