Sierra Cantabria Colección Privada 2019

Marcos Eguren makes this pure Tempranillo from four hectares of old vines planted in the Jararte and Los Terreros parcels in San Vicente de la Sonsierra. Using 50% whole bunch fermentation for extra lift, it's a smooth, concentrated, sumptuously oaked red with mocha and dark berry flavours and supporting acidity. 2024-35

Intense aromas of graphite, lead pencil, purple fruit and lavender. Medium-bodied with very linear and fine tannins that are long and lightly austere on the finish. This will age nicely. 100% tempranillo. Drink after 2023.

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.