itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county The New York Times

The New York Times

STORAGE:  IN STAINLESS STEEL VATS

Creamy nose with bright fruit aromas of peach

game meat and spicy cheese

After years of making his personal wines in wineries where he consulted

itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county The New York TimesWonderfully 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