itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county Creamy nose with bright fruit

Creamy nose with bright fruit aromas of peach

game meat and spicy cheese

and then circling back to finish on faint caramel

“vigneronne extraordinaire”

TASTING NOTES | Classic southern French rosé with aromas and flavors of ripe strawberries

itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county Creamy nose with bright fruitWonderfully 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