Telmo Rodriguez • Rioja, Spain
Yjar is Telmo Rodríguez’s flagship single‑vineyard Rioja from a 3.8‑hectare, high‑altitude site in the foothills of the…Yjar is Telmo Rodríguez’s flagship single‑vineyard Rioja from a 3.8‑hectare, high‑altitude site in the foothills of the Sierra de Toloño (Labastida/Remelluri), planted to a massal selection of indigenous varieties (Tempranillo with Garnacha…Learn More »
$110
/750ml
2019 Retail Average
99
/100
2019 Pro Rating
Telmo Rodriguez Yjar 2019 glows with lifted red and black fruit layered over savoury spice, dried flowers and cool limestone tones, its polished tannins giving a refined, flowing shape to the intensely flavoured palate. There’s both energy and grace here: ripe raspberries, sour cherry and blackcurrant glide into cedar, cocoa and baking spice, all carried by a long, mineral, beautifully composed finish.
Roast lamb with rosemary and garlic; Ibérico pork presa; Herb-crusted rack of lamb with ratatouille
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Yjar is Telmo Rodríguez’s flagship single‑vineyard Rioja from a 3.8‑hectare, high‑altitude site in the foothills of the Sierra de Toloño (Labastida/Remelluri), planted to a massal selection of indigenous varieties (Tempranillo with Garnacha, Graciano, Granegro, Rojal). Sourced from limestone/marl soils, fermented with native yeasts and aged long in large foudres and French oak, it’s a low‑yield, limited‑production, terroir‑driven wine noted for chalky minerality, fine dusty tannins and a floral/stone‑fruit profile with precise freshness and lon…