Description

Yjar 2019, c'est le résultat d'un super boulot dans la Rioja Alavesa pour proposer un vin génial avec des tanins super fins et une longue finale. Il nous offre des notes de cerises noires, de myrtilles et de cacao en poudre

Fiche technique

Le domaine
La Granja de Remelluri
Type de vin
Rouge
Millésime
2019
Alcool
14.5% vol.
Production
9.49 bouteilles.
Cépage
Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha, Granegro, Rojal
Origine
Rioja

Dégustation

Vue
D'une couleur grenat intense et brillante.
Nez
Notes de cerises noires, de myrtilles et de cacao en poudre.
Bouche
Rouge intense, riche et moyennement corsé, avec des tanins charnus et soyeux. Finale longue.
Température de service
On recommande de le servir à 16 °C.

Vignoble et élaboration

Description
Vignoble ancien en altitude (entre 600 et 800 mètres), en gobelet, planté avec une sélection massale de Tempranillo, Graciano, Grenache, Granegro et Rojal. Il a tout le caractère et la qualité d'un vrai « Grand Cru ». Il est situé à La Granja de Remelluri, propriété située sur les flancs de la sierra de Toloño, à Labastida, en Álava.
Sol
Calcaire dans un coin où se trouvent certains des plus vieux vignobles de la Rioja Alavesa.
Vendanges
Vendange manuelle entre le 6 et le 18 octobre.
Vinification
Fermentation naturelle avec des levures indigènes dans des cuves en bois.

L'avis des experts

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.