Sierra Cantabria Coleccion Privada Rioja 2023.
Vinedos Sierra Cantabria was born as the result of the family’s on-going endeavour in their search for extracting the virtues of our collection of vineyards in unique wines, new classics that have turned into symbols of Rioja.
The Wine Advocate tasting notes 934rating.
The 2023 Colección Privada, which they like to describe as the conjunction of tradition and modernity, was produced with 50% whole clusters and matured in 50% French and 50% American oak barrels, all new, for 16 months. I found this unusually serious and closed, a little austere, when the wine is usually more exuberant and open; I still have memories of the first vintage, the 1996, which was a very surprising and groundbreaking wine. They talk about the heat wave at the end of August, which killed the red fruit and changed the profile of the wine toward more seriousness, more black fruit and perhaps a wine for the long haul. It has the customary 14.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.76 and 5.91 grams of acidity, and it has more body than the 2022 and also abundant tannins. It is also a little marked by the élevage, with some spice, toast and smoky notes that will require some more time in bottle. 40,000 bottles produced. It was bottled in July 2025.
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Variety
100% Tempranillo.
Vineyards
Valgrande and Jarrarte, located in San Vicente de la Sonsierra, older than 50 years, franc-clay in texture with calcareous-clay composition.
Altitude: Valgrande 460 m., Jarrarte 480 m. Total number Hcts.: 4. Organic fertilization. Environmental integrated agriculture cultivation.
Year of plantation: Valgrande (1957) and Jarrarte (1959).
Elaboration
Combination of traditional method, de-stemmed, and fermentation of the whole bunches.
Malolactic fermentation in barrel.
Aged 18 months in new 50 % French oak, 50 % American oak Bordelaise barrels.
Tasting notes
Intense cherry. Delicate nose, elegant with definite fruity expression, spice and subtle notes of petals and creamy traces of oak well integrated.
Powerful palate, warm, complex, succulent, rich expression of toasty notes of oak and black fruit, coffee and chocolates.
Drinking temperatures: 16-18 ºC
WINE ADVOCATE 93
WINE SPECTATOR 94
PROENSA 98
bottle size 75cl
