Descripción

Yjar 2019 es el resultado de un increíble esfuerzo en Rioja Alavesa por ofrecer un gran vino que muestra taninos muy finos y un largo final. Nos regala notas de cerezas negras, arándanos y cacao en polvo.

Ficha técnica

La bodega
La Granja de Remelluri
Tipo
Tinto
Añada
2019
Grado
14.5% vol.
Producción
9.049 botellas.
Variedad
Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha, Granegro, Rojal
Otros formatos disponibles:
Origen
Rioja

Cata

Vista
De un profundo color granate brillante.
Nariz
Notas de cerezas negras, arándanos y cacao en polvo.
Boca
Tinto rico, intenso y de cuerpo medio a completo con taninos redondos y sedosos. Final persistente.
Temperatura de servicio
Se recomienda servir a 16 °C.

Viñedo y elaboración

Descripción
Viñedo viejo en altitud (entre los 600 y 800 metros), formado en vaso, coplantado con una selección masal de Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha, Granegro y Rojal. Posee todo carácter y la calidad de un auténtico 'Grand Cru'. Se ubica en La Granja de Remelluri, propiedad situada en las faldas de la sierra de Toloño, en Labastida, Álava.
Suelo
Calcáreo en un entorno en el que se encuentran algunos de los viñedos más antiguos de Rioja Alavesa.
Cosecha
Vendimia manual entre del 6 al 18 de octubre.
Vinificación
Fermentación natural con levaduras autóctonas en cubas de madera.

Opinión de los críticos

James Suckling:

A more fragrant Yjar this year, more peppery and lifted. Chalk, pepper and mezcal-like herbs with hints of cedar and cocoa powder to the blueberries. Super refined tannins tread carefully on the medium- to full-bodied palate with great juiciness and a long, polished finish. An intrinsic expression. Already delicious now, but will hold, too.

The Wine Advocate:

The 2019 Yjar is the third vintage of their top-of-the-range wine designed for the international market and sold through the négociant system of Bordeaux. It was produced with a blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano and other grapes from 3.8 hectares of selected plots from the Remelluri vineyards, cropped from a challenging year with frost. This feels young but already very Rioja, marked by the Garnacha, which could represent around 30% of the bottled blend. It's tense and has abundant but fine-grained tannins, a little Italian in style. They kept a lower alcoholic degree in 2019, a moderate 14%, and the wine comes through as very elegant. This has to be my favorite vintage of Yjar. It spent 30 months in barrels of different sizes and foudres. 9,049 bottles were filled in June 2022.

Tim Atkin:

One of the few Riojas that's sold through the Place de Bordeaux, this field blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Granegro and Rojal from a 3.8-hectare parcel has been a tremendous critical success since its launch in 2017. Every bit as good as the previous two releases, it's nuanced, bright and appealingly chalky, with dusty, fine-grained tannins, scented oak, redcurrant, cassis and raspberry fruit and a tapered, lingering.

Decanter:

Single-vineyard wine, from a 3.8 ha plot with a field blend of Tempranillo, Garnacha, Graciano, Granegro and Rojal, on a loam-calcareous soil, selected after several years of site research. At the heart of Rioja Alavesa. One of the most delicate, complex and deep Rioja wines ever tasted by me, a real jewel with accurate aromatic definition, precise and intense expression and, most of all, an amazing mouthfeel, with extremely fine grain and perfect balance. The finish is very slow and multi-layered, a feast for the senses, but I retain as the most appealing characteristic that unforgettable tact.