Chateau Senejac, Haut-Medoc, 2009 (1.5L) AFKAT_2024 wild strawberries

wild strawberries

low-yielding vintage marked by spring hail

This Verdelho (medium-dry) ages via canteiro

full of red fruit and a citrus snap

and nothing like the sweet stereotype

Chateau Senejac, Haut-Medoc, 2009 (1.5L) AFKAT_2024 wild strawberriesChateau Senejac is one of the Haut Medoc's most reliable Cru Bourgeois estates, and since 1999 it has been in the hands of the Cordier family of Chateau Talbot, run with the same rigorous attention as that St Julien classed growth. This is a classic left bank blend led by Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot, Cabernet Franc and a little Petit Verdot. The 2009 is one of Bordeaux's great ripe, opulent vintages, and here it comes in magnum the slow aging