Yjar - Telmo Rodriguez 2017
Yjar is a wine produced from winemaker Telmo Rodriguez from some of Remelluri’s finest old-vine plots. Remelluri(Granja Nuestra Señora de Remelluri by its full name) is located in Labastida in the Rioja Alavesa region of Spain. The estate was founded by monks in the 14th Century. The vineyards changed ownership often before being purchased by Jaime Rodríguez in 1967. In 2010 his children, Amaia and Telmo Rodríguez took over the estate. While the estate has always avoided chemical inputs, organic certification was achieved in 2010.
2017 is the inaugural vintage of Yjar, it is extremely limited, with about 7,000 bottles produced. It is made from a 3.8-hectare single-vineyard from the limestone foothills of the Sierra de Toloño in Rioja Alavesa. It is made from a massal selection of Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha, Granegro and Rojal. Most of the wine is matured in foudre.
Grape varieties: Tempranillo, Graciano, Garnacha, Granegro, Rojal