pure and simple yet supremely complex and lovely

Think spring lemon blossoms and honeysuckle while the palate is medium bodied with snappy and refreshing summer melon fruit characters

Louis-Antoine is largely responsable for reclaiming the term

Stirred on fine lees

Nose: Lifted fruit characters of passion fruit

itxas harri beltza, 2021 Valle de Guadalupe pure and simple yet supremelyWonderfully 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