35% Hondarribi Zuri Zerratia, 35% Hondarribi Zuri & 30% Izkiriota Txikia(Petit Manseng)
After fermentation, the wine remains a minimum of 6 months in contact with lees. The wine ferments 100% in foydres using indigenous yeast.
JAMES SUCKLING 95 POINTS - "This is really floral with pollen, chamomile and lemon zest. The palate is incredibly energetic, precise and focused, with laser-like acidity, but a creamy, glycerol-like texture that works harmoniously. Extremely long and vibrant. A massal selection of four white varieties. Drink now or hold."
WINE ADVOCATE 94 POINTS - "The spicy and smoky 2023 Terlegiz, which means "bee sanctuary" in the Basque language, was produced with a blend of grapes—Hondarribi Zuri Zerratia, Hondarribi Zuri, Izkiriota Txikia and Izkiriota Handia—from one of the oldest vineyards in the zone, co-planted with those varieties (and probably more) on sandy limestone soils (but also with slate!), which give the wine a chalky texture and a sapid finish. It has 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.3 [giving a feeling of firmness] and comes through as creamy, spicy and still a little oaky. The full clusters were pressed and the juice fermented with indigenous yeasts. The wine matured in 600-liter barrels and Austrian oak foudres for six to seven months. 4,100 bottles produced. it was bottled in May 2024."
Oxer Bastegieta is a Basque producer who divides his time between the family winery in Bizkaiko Txakolina and his highly personal wines in Rioja. The vineyards in Bizkaiko Txakolina are located in the village of Kortezubi, a little old town in Bizkaia, famous for its prehistoric caves which form a Unesco World Heritage Site. The permaculture vineyards have soil composed of calcareous clay and are worked organically with regenerative agriculture and biodynamic treatments.
After fermentation, the wine remains a minimum of 6 months in contact with lees. The wine ferments 100% in foydres using indigenous yeast.
JAMES SUCKLING 95 POINTS - "This is really floral with pollen, chamomile and lemon zest. The palate is incredibly energetic, precise and focused, with laser-like acidity, but a creamy, glycerol-like texture that works harmoniously. Extremely long and vibrant. A massal selection of four white varieties. Drink now or hold."
WINE ADVOCATE 94 POINTS - "The spicy and smoky 2023 Terlegiz, which means "bee sanctuary" in the Basque language, was produced with a blend of grapes—Hondarribi Zuri Zerratia, Hondarribi Zuri, Izkiriota Txikia and Izkiriota Handia—from one of the oldest vineyards in the zone, co-planted with those varieties (and probably more) on sandy limestone soils (but also with slate!), which give the wine a chalky texture and a sapid finish. It has 13.5% alcohol, a pH of 3.3 [giving a feeling of firmness] and comes through as creamy, spicy and still a little oaky. The full clusters were pressed and the juice fermented with indigenous yeasts. The wine matured in 600-liter barrels and Austrian oak foudres for six to seven months. 4,100 bottles produced. it was bottled in May 2024."
Oxer Bastegieta is a Basque producer who divides his time between the family winery in Bizkaiko Txakolina and his highly personal wines in Rioja. The vineyards in Bizkaiko Txakolina are located in the village of Kortezubi, a little old town in Bizkaia, famous for its prehistoric caves which form a Unesco World Heritage Site. The permaculture vineyards have soil composed of calcareous clay and are worked organically with regenerative agriculture and biodynamic treatments.
