Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Blanco 2025 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP and delicious—Calabria as it should

and delicious—Calabria as it should be

ages about two years in large oak casks

and Lanessan's traditional approach (concrete fermentation

and the vineyard delivers on the name: a mid-slope Beaune premier cru whose stony soils give Pinot Noir a lift and polish that richer sites cannot fake

the kind of wine that keeps you on the edge of your seat

Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Blanco 2025 REDBURGUNDYROUNDUP and delicious—Calabria as it shouldThe wine that defined modern Txakolina and the bottle that introduced most of America to the category. Ameztoi farms twenty hectares of Hondarrabi Zuri on dramatic seaside cliffs above the Basque fishing village of Getaria, with the Bay of Biscay looming directly below. The Blanco is 100% Hondarrabi Zuri, fermented in stainless steel and bottled with a touch of residual carbonic spritz, so it arrives lightly fizzy, briny, and bracing. Low in alcohol,