Pepe Yllera
For Ribera enthusiasts and for those who are just getting acquainted with the world of wine. Tribute to the founder and younger brother of the Yllera family. Elaborated with the advice of the French winemaker Jean Claude Berrouet.
Barrel ageing
10 Months in American and French oak barrel.
Vineyards
Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. 15 – 50 Years old.
Wine-making
Hand harvest. Double grape selection, first in the vineyard and then in the cellar. Alcoholic fermentation controlled al 28ºC (82ºF) in stainless steel vats. De-stemming. Malolatic fermentation. Daily pumping during the process. Aging in 225 and 500 liter barrels and amphoreas. Fining, racking and finally bottling.
Tasting Notes
It has a brilliant cherry red colour with intense blue – purple glints. Powerful on the nose with a great variety of red and forest fruit aromas (vanilla, liquorice…) and balsamic (eucalyptus) given by the great wood. Liquorice, cedar and smoke aromas, typical of Cabernet Sauvignon variety.
It is soft in the mouth, with a silky, sweet and nice acidity which makes it very fresh, with a long finish and an aftertaste reminiscent of berries and vanilla.
Food Pairings
Perfect with any kind of meat, especially with Iberian hams and sausages, white and red meat, roast lamb, game meat (hare, partridge) stew, cured
cheeses and semi-soft cheese.
- Consumption temperature: 16 – 18 ºC.
- Storage temperature 12-18ºC, bottle on its side.
- Shelf life: during the next 5 years from the printed date.
- Contains sulfites.
- Suitable for vegans.
Awards
- 92+ pts. – Robert Parker
- 91 pts. – Tim Atkin
- 90 pts. – Guía ADN Verema 2024
- Silver Decanter 2024
- Silver Bacchus 2024
- Silver CINVE 2024
- 92 pts. – Robert Parker
- 92 pts. – Guía Peñín
- 90 pts. – Tim Atkin
- 91 pts. – Vinous
- 91 pts. – James Suckling
- Gold Cinve 2023
- Gold Bacchus 2023
- Silver Mundus Vini 2023
- Zarcillo de Oro 2021
- 92 – Guía ADN Verema 2023
- 92 – Guía ADN Verema 2022
- Silver – 50 Great Red Wines of the World 2022
- Gold – Berliner Wine Trophy 2022
- Silver – Decanter 2022
- Gold – Asia Wine Trophy 2022
- 91 – Guía Peñín
- 91 – Robert Parker
- Silver – IWSC 2021
- Gold – Berliner Wine trophy 2021
- Silver – Decanter2020
- Gold – Sommeliers choice awards 2020
- Gold – Bacchus 2021
- 91 – Guía Peñín
- 90 – Tim Atkin
- Gold – Asia Wine Trophy 2018
- 92 – Guía Peñín
- 91 – Guía Peñín
- 91 – Tim Atkin
