Sierra Cantabria Colleccion Privada, Rioja DOCa, Spain

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The 2019 Colección Privada showcases the style of the year, ripe, powerful, clean and with good freshness. This wine is always a blend of two vinifications from two vineyards, one traditional and the other one carbonic maceration, and the wine matured in brand-new oak barrels, half French oak and half American oak. It has contained alcohol, 13.8%, and a combination of wild berries and flowers with generous spicy oak, a medium-bodied palate with very fine tannins and nice balance. 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in June 2021.

Like most of the wines from this vintage, the 2016 Colección Privada shows more freshness. It's a blend of two vinifications from two vineyards, one traditional and the other one carbonic maceration, and the wine matured in brand new oak barrels, half French oak and half American oak. It's explosive, as it combines the aromatic power of the year and the character of the wine, so it's super aromatic, full of strawberries and vanilla and explosion on the nose. It has tons of fruit and spices, a medium-bodied palate and fine tannins, with a bitter touch from the élevage that should be polished with a little more time in bottle. It should be one of the most expressive and showy vintages of Colección Privada; it's fresh and makes you salivate. Of course, you have to be a bit tolerant with oak, because there is oak here. I later read Parker's description of the 1996, and it sounded very much like this wine. 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2018.

Compared to the 2014 vintage, the 2015 Colección Privada is explosive, showy and hedonistic. It jumps out of the glass with a mix of flowers, wild berries and exotic spices, really showy. There is additional freshness here, and the wine seems to have taken the aging in oak (16 months in brand new barrels, 50% American and 50% French) much better than the 2014. This has to be one of the finest vintages of Colección Privada. 25,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2017.

The 2014 Colección Privada is pure Tempranillo from two vineyards in San Vicente de la Sonsierra (Jarrarte and Valgrande) planted in 1957 and 1959, respectively. They fermented separately, one destemmed with traditional fermentation and the other with carbonic maceration, with malolactic in barrel and élevage in new oak, 50/50 French and American, for 16 months. Compared with the 2015, it feels more evolved and the oak is more evident, while the fruit is not as expressive and showy. With some time in the glass, it turns balsamic, with notes of cigar ash and incense. This seems to be evolving quite fast. 25,000 bottles were filled in May 2016.

The 2013 Colección Privada is usually sourced from two vineyards in San Vicente de la Sonsierra: Jarrarte and Valgrande, planted in the late 1950s. The wine matured in new oak barrels, 50% French and 50% American. 2013 was a very challenging vintage. It was very wet, but in the end it produced fresher, lighter wines, which might not fit the more traditional style. This cuvée has always been quite ripe with aromas of raspberry and strawberry, juicy and a little marked by the toasted notes from the barrel. It has a soft texture and is juicy, approachable and easy to drink. It is less powerful than other vintages, perhaps. This is always one of their more commercial wines, ready and open. 11,500 bottles produced. It was bottled in May 2015.