Yjar Rioja 2019

Yjar ist ein neuer Rioja Wein, von Telmo Rodriguez. Der 3.8 Weinberg liegt auf einer Höhe von 600 bis 800 Metern und befindet sich im Dreieck zwischen Labastida, San Vincente und Penacerrada. Auf diesen Kalksteinböden befinden sich die ältesten und bemerkenswertesten Weinberge der Rioja Alavese. Die Weinberge von Yjar werden im Gobelet-System bewirtschaftet.

100 Points Jane Anson : "I tasted this at the property from barrel, thrilled to follow it now in bottle. Grabs you from the first moments with its sage, thyme, dried flowers and incense aromatics, clings to your nostrils, drawing you in, so much depth of flavour to the vivid raspberry and sour cherry fruits, delicate and yet powerful. Hard to describe how little artifice is conveyed in the glass, it's not a wine that is coated in new oak, instead it is delicate, poised, crafted, utterly gorgeous, so moreish. Harvest October 6 to 18, 3.8ha, old gobelet vines, with any replacements coming from massal selction. Iconic winemaking partnership Telmo Rodriguez and Pablo Eguzkiza. I hope everyone folllowed my advice from the first vintage to get on board because it is more than living up to its potential, and its tiny quatities means that first come are almost certainly first served." - 09/2023