2013 Bengoetxe Getariako Txakolina

Price: $21 Region: Getariako Txakolina < Basque Country < Spain  Grapes: Hondarribi Zuri, Gros MansengVineyard/Cellar Stats: Certified Organic; Unfined/unfiltered.  Certified organic; clay soils; Classic and slow wild yeast fermentation takes place in small vats, located in their home garage, and then the wine is raised on the lees up to a year with no batonnage. SO2 is kept to a minimum, and because all CO2 is natural (not injected), the wine does not often show the spritzy character of other TxakolisWinemaker: Iñaki Exteberría Bengoetxe means “come home” in Basque, and this is what Iñaki and Rosa Maria Etxeberria did in 2001 when they restored this historically significant property back to vine-growing. This estate was always the family’s dairy farm, but in 2001 they planted a 3.8 hectare vineyard and started making Txakolí (BTW, they’re the only winery outside of the town of Getaria to receive the Getariako Txakolina D.O. status, and one of only two certified organic – since