Winemaker Notes
With a pleasant greenish, pale yellow colour, it has intense aromas of white fruit (apple), citruses (grapefruit), and also subtle floral hints. Very fresh in the mouth with a well-integrated acidity, and the full- bodied quality associated with this variety, enhanced by the ageing on the lees. Long, enveloping, aromatic and very persistent finish.
Professional Ratings
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Wine Enthusiast
Scents of clementine and rose petal waft from the glass. Brilliant acidity provides a backdrop for peach, passion fruit, lemon-lime sorbet, honeysuckle roasted fennel bulb flavors that endure into a floral-strewn finish.
There are hundreds of white grape varieties grown throughout the world. Some are indigenous specialties capable of producing excellent single varietal wines. Each has its own distinct viticultural characteristics, as well as aroma and flavor profiles.
On the southern edge of the rocky Bay of Biscay in northern Spain, this is Basque country and home to the refreshing and slightly effervescent (usually) white wine, Txakoli. Three subregions compose the larger one: Getariako Txakolina, Bizkaiko Txakolina and Arabako Txakolina. While Hondarribi Zuri and Hondarrabi Beltza are the main grape varieties, other French varieties are scattered throughout the region.