Winemaker Notes
"Los Yelsones" represents the magic of a vineyard in the upper region of San Vicente de la Sonsierra where the optimal ripening of the fruit expresses its more complex fruity-floral character and “Los Yelsones” imbue the wine with its fresher and chalky mouthfeel.
Professional Ratings
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
The 2020 Los Yelsones is a little oaky (at least when tasted next to the 2021), a powerful Tempranillo from vines planted in 1970 on limestone-rich soils that must have given it the tasty profile, the salty twist in the finish and the chalky texture of the tannins. It matured in 500-liter barrels for 18 months. It has contained ripeness, 14% alcohol and a powerful palate with balance and a persistent finish.
Hailed as the star red variety in Spain’s most celebrated wine region, Tempranillo from Rioja, or simply labeled, “Rioja,” produces elegant wines with complex notes of red and black fruit, crushed rock, leather, toast and tobacco, whose best examples are fully capable of decades of improvement in the cellar.
Rioja wines are typically a blend of fruit from its three sub-regions: Rioja Alta, Rioja Alavesa and Rioja Oriental, although specific sub-region (zonas), village (municipios) and vineyard (viñedo singular) wines can now be labeled. Rioja Alta and Alavesa, at the highest elevations, are considered to be the source of the brightest, most elegant fruit, while grapes from the warmer and drier, Rioja Oriental, produce wines with deep color, great body and richness.