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In ancient times, men sought answers to the facts of nature that seemed inexplicable to them, through stories in which gods, heroes and fantastic beings were protagonists. These stories passed from parent to child orally and governed their behaviors, their lives, and their destinies. We call these legends MYTHS.
King Minos, powerful monarch of Crete, son of the god Zeus and of Europe, is punished by Poseidon, the god of the sea, for his pride and his greed, with the birth of the Minotaur, a creature born from the relationship between his wife and a White bull. This is how the Minotaur was born, a fantastic and horrible being, cruel and bloody, with the body of a man and the head of a bull.
In front of the figurative scene of the Cretan labyrinth, the visitor can unroll the ball that Ariadna gave to Theseus to end the Minotaur.
Following the beautiful legend, passing the thread through the corners where each wine sleeps and relating them to the culture in that have been created, until reaching the jewel in the winery's crown: the Yllera Dominus.
In front of the figurative scene of the Cretan labyrinth, the visitor can unroll the ball that Ariadna gave to Theseus to end the Minotaur.
Following the beautiful legend, passing the thread through the corners where each wine sleeps and relating them to the culture in that have been created, until reaching the jewel in the winery's crown: the Yllera Dominus.
The Yllera Group, with the recovery of this space, pays tribute to the unique and admirable cultural heritage of the town of Rueda in its traditional underground cellars. Likewise, it recreates the birth of Europe in Crete and, with it, the first winery on the continent in the labyrinthine palace of King Minos. It is the starting point for a journey through a maze full of stories to be heard, and wines that are waiting to be tasted by its visitors.
We can affirm that the origin of European culture is Crete. Crete marks the beginning of the arts and techniques, philosophy, theater, mathematics, poetry, history, politics, oratory... The importance of this island begins in the dissemination of its knowledge throughout Europe. And although the origin of the wine is located in the East, it is thanks to the Minoan culture (derived from King Minos, King of Crete) that the cultivation of the vine, its knowledge and the consumption of the precious broth spread through the Mediterranean Sea.
The vines, together with the olive groves and the wheat fields, cross the Mediterranean Sea, from where the sun rises in Greece to its sunset in Iberia. The bubbly and wavy character of our progenitor sea suggests that we present sparkling wines as the start of the maze and a joyous welcome.
Cruel tribute paid by Athens to Crete, seven young men and seven maidens were introduced into the labyrinth where the Minotaur devoured them.
The purity, youth, beauty, sharpness and fragility of these maidens symbolize white wine, represented by the Verdejo variety, a prodigious grape that makes Rueda its capital.
Son of Daedalus, the Athenian builder of the labyrinth. Icarus is a young rebel, imprudent and reckless, wanting to fly high but with an early death.
It symbolizes rosé wines, young and fresh wines, difficult to classify, but with a short life due to its rapid oxidation.
Towards the middle of the labyrinth are the wines of the Ariadne thread.
The figure of Daedalus, builder of the labyrinth, as the viticulturist and the enologist who elaborates his wines putting all his effort and enterprising work, represents the aging in barrel, stage in the life of a wine where it is transforming, unrolling complex aromas that they will add complexity, robustness and longevity. Wine is a structure that must be created and raised. Daedalus, imaginative, artist, architect and inventor, is shown to us as an ideal example of "Signature Wine".
Theseus, the intrepid Athenian hero who killed the Minotaur in the labyrinth, from where he was able to escape thanks to the ball of thread Ariadna had given him, represents bottle aging, a stage that gives wines elegance, softness and sophistication.
The hero risks and secures the job as a winemaker would. The wine, in the bottle, is refined and acquires nobility, like Prince Theseus.
From the loves of Pasifae, wife of King Minos and a white bull, the Minotaur was born, a mythological creature par excellence, with the body of a man and the head of a bull and represented in murals and mosaics of the Minoan culture with remarkable fierceness. It represents the reserves, exceptional, powerful, complex wines that are not made every year since the conditions of nature (earth, sun, rain, wind...) and the performance of human hands must be exceptional so that they can be elaborated.
Ariadne, abandoned by Theseus, was sleeping on a beach on the island of Naxos, in the Aegean Sea, when she was discovered by Dionysos, the Greek god of wine and her husband. This beautiful passage symbolizes the great reserves, wines that, like Ariadna, sleep in the bottle to transform over time into unique and divine wines...
In the last room we collect the divine spirit of Dionysos, the Greek god of wine, and transform it into the best and most emblematic wine of the Yllera Group:
The Yllera Dominus : the most exclusive wine, elegant and prestigious of the Yllera Group, something unique, full, divine...
The red wines Pepe Yllera and Jesús Yllera are made in our new Curiel de Duero project: VIVALTUS, a spectacular edification built with the sole objective of making world-class iconic wines; a unique winery, built on top of a hill in the heart of Ribera del Duero, prepared to separately vinify each plot using only gravity (without using any type of pump) and equipped with the latest technology to treat with respect the grape and express the terroir of our unique vineyards in the Ribera del Duero. In this impressive winery we are making other wines together with the prestigious French winemaker Jean Claude Berrouet, author of mythical wines for more than 50 years.
6 MONTHS IN OAK BARREL
D.O. Ribera del Duero
Tempranillo and Cabernet Sauvignon
AGING 12 MONTHS IN BARREL
D.O. Ribera del Duero
Tempranillo, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot
INTEGRAL VINIFICATION
D.O. Ribera del Duero
Great Selection of Old Vineyards 100% Tempranillo Ribera del Duero
The secret is in the assembly of Tempranillo grapes coming from the Toro area (“Tinta de Toro”) and from the Ribera del Duero (“tinta fina o tinta del país”). A mixture that confers the power and structure of the Toro wines together with the finesse and sophistication of the wines of the Ribera del Duero.
The exhaustive selection of grapes in the vineyard and on the selection table in the winery, choosing only fully ripe and healthy grapes, careful and controlled winemaking and the use of French and American oak barrels of up to a maximum of 3 years old, they give rise to wines with the elegance and classicism that all wine lovers like.
12 MONTHS IN BARREL
Wine from the Land of Castilla y León
100 % Tempranillo (Tinta de Toro y Tinta del País)
24 MONTHS IN BARREL
Wine from the Land of Castilla y León
100 % Tempranillo (Tinta de Toro y Tinta del País)
The night harvest that prevents oxidation and loss of aromas, the use of cold throughout the winemaking process, the use of indigenous yeasts and the latest technology makes our wines gain in expressiveness and character.
Fresh varietal aromas that, together with the aging "sur lie", (with its lees) manage to transmit to the wines a greater personality, elegance and spaciousness in the mouth to express all the "terroir" of Rueda in the glass.
NIGHT HARVEST
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
NIGHT HARVEST
D.O. Rueda
100% Sauvignon Blanc
NIGHT HARVEST
Wine from the Land of Castilla y León
100 % Chardonnay
NIGHT HARVEST
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
NIGHT HARVEST
Wine from the Land of Castilla y León
Tempranillo, Verdejo and Viura
After a long process of several years of research, in 2010 we launched the first Yllera 5.5 Verdejo Frizzante, a product that has “renewed” the wine sector in Spain, creating a new category that, until then, did not exist, that of "Frizzantes".
It is a "particularly fermented grape-juice", with only 5.5 degrees of alcohol, light, sweet, but with a touch of acidity that gives it freshness and a touch of natural carbon that explodes in the mouth when tasted.
VERDEJO FRIZZANTE
Grape: Verdejo
ROSÉ FRIZZANTE
Grapes: Verdejo and Tempranillo
BRUT MÉTHODE CHAMPANOISE O TRADICCIONAL
Wine from the Land of Castilla y León
50% Chardonnay and 50% Verdejo
The BOADA project is a return to the past, to our history, to our traditions. We want to undress these wines so that they talk about the land where they come from, our fields, our people. We want the emotions you feel when you taste it to transport you to the heart of the old vineyards of the Ribera del Duero where BOADA Campo de Bueyes really is born and made.
D.O. Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo
6 MONTHS IN BARREL
D.O. Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo
12 MONTHS IN BARREL
D.O. Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo
24 MONTHS IN BARREL
D.O. Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo
The BOADA project is a return to the past, to our history, to our traditions. We want to undress these wines so that they talk about the land where they come from, our fields, our people. We want the emotions you feel when you taste it to transport you to the heart of the old vineyards of the Ribera del Duero where BOADA Campo de Bueyes really is born and made.
D.O. Rueda
Verdejo and Sauvignon Blanc
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
In the mid-1980s, the prestigious Rioja winemaker Ramón Martínez Palacios (father of Montxo, the current technical director of the house) joined Grupo Yllera to advise the firm and produce the Yllera red. Thanks to Ramón's knowledge of his homeland, La Rioja, we have produced wines that faithfully represent this great Spanish wine region in its 3 best-known modalities: young, aged and reserve. We believe we have succeeded.
D. O. C. Rioja
100% Tempranillo
12 MONTHS IN BARREL
D. O. C. Rioja
Tempranillo and Garnacha
24 MONTHS IN BARREL
D. O. C. Rioja
Tempranillo, Garnacha and Mazuelo
CANTOSAN, BRACAMONTE, OTHER RED WINES and VERMUT
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
D.O. Rueda
100% Verdejo
D.O. Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo
D.O. Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo
D.O. Ribera del Duero
100% Tempranillo
36 months in barrel
Wine from the Land of Castilla y León
100% Tempranillo. Assembly “Tinta de Toro” and “Tinta fina” from Ribera del Duero
9 months in barrel
Wine from the Land of Castilla y León
100% Tempranillo. Assembly “Tinta de Toro” and “Tinta fina” from Ribera del Duero
The Rueda Wine Route is located in the heart of Castilla, circumscribed to the Rueda Designation of Origin, extending along the length and width of the left bank of the Duero river.
"In the town of Rueda (Valladolid), the cradle of Castilian white wine, the Verdejo, the unique and labyrinthine underground cellars of the Yllera Group stand out. In this winery, wine, art, mythology, history and culture come together to make way for a visit of sensations and senses. Inside an impressive cave, 20 meters deep and for just over a kilometer, its wines rest in several rooms that make up an intricate labyrinth."
The province of Valladolid has many places of interest where tourists will find the perfect combination of culture and gastronomy.
The wineries of the Yllera Group are located in the town of Rueda, a wine-growing area with Designation of Origin and located in a strategic point for inland tourist trips:
“El Hilo de Ariadna ha sido beneficiaria del Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional cuyo objetivo es mejorar el uso y la calidad de las tecnologías de la información y de las comunicaciones y el acceso a las mismas y gracias al que ha creado esta página web para la mejora de competitividad y productividad de la empresa. Junio 2020. Para ello ha contado con el apoyo del Programa de Competitividad Turística de la Cámara de Comercio de Valladolid y la Diputación de Valladolid. Una manera de hacer Europa."
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Además de nuestras visitas standard y premium ofrecemos visitas privadas y personalizadas a nuestras instalaciones atendiendo las demandas y deseos particulares de cada cliente.
Estas visitas recorrerían El Hilo de Ariadna, parte genuina de nuestro proyecto y que no se puede visitar en ningún otro lugar, y degustarían los vinos seleccionados previamente dependiendo de los gustos de los clientes, una cata solo de vinos blancos, vinos premium, rarezas y locuras (vinos con producción muy limitada que van cambiando cada año y que proceden del trabajo diario de nuestro departamento de I+D+i), etc.
Estas visitas personalizadas se cotizarán individualmente bajo demanda.
Regala una experiencia de enoturismo a quien más quieres.
Incluye una visita al laberinto del Hilo de Ariadna, una cata de vinos y un curso online de iniciación a la cata del vino.
El cheque se podrá utilizar durante 6 meses para reservar en la sección de Reservas.
