itxas harri beltza, 2021

Wonderfully fruit driven and expressive of the wild and rugged terrain of the northern Basque region of Navarra. Easy yet complex at the same moment, this is a lower-alcohol, fresh wine from a terroir of gravelly limestone soils in an ancient seabed. Itxas Harri  (ee-chahs ah-ree) which roughly translates to “sea stone", is a project from Ignacio Ameztoi (of Ameztoi) and his long-time friend and winemaking partner, Iñaki Guelbenzu. Equal parts Garnacha and Tempranillo, from 30+ year old vines, fermented with native yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks, then aged in stainless steel until bottling.

Monteagudo | Navarra, Spain