itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county “vigneronne extraordinaire”

“vigneronne extraordinaire”

Fermented in stainless steel and concrete tanks

STORAGE:  IN STAINLESS STEEL VATS

After years of making his personal wines in wineries where he consulted

and then circling back to finish on faint caramel

itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county “vigneronne extraordinaire”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, Iaki Guelbenzu. Equal parts Garnacha