Marqués de Vargas Selección Privada

Despite the challenging year, the 2017 Selección Privada feels much more harmonious than the 2016 that I tasted next to it. It's 14.4% alcohol and has a soft palate with much more polished tannins. It matured in barrels for 22 months, but here 15% of the volume was in 500- and 600-liter barrles. A good effort.