Itsasmendi Bizkaiko - Txakolina - 2022

$25.99

Txakoli is the Basque Country's answer to a hot day, and Itsasmendi is one of the region's steady hands at it. This joven bottling blends the native Hondarrabi Zuri with the rarer Hondarrabi Zerratia, grown on vineyards planted since 1990 across Bizkaia's scattered, geologically varied plots. It's crisp, bone dry, and built to be poured from height into a tumbler at a pintxos bar. Buy it for grilled seafood night or anytime you want acid instead of oak.

Fresh citrus and green apple with a mineral, almost saline edge. Balanced and persistent on the palate, finishing with the classic slightly bitter snap that marks the variety.

Classic with grilled fish, anchovies and salty Basque pintxos, built for the coast, not the cellar.

Itsasmendi's vineyards have been planted since 1990 across Bizkaia's fractured, geologically diverse terrain, farmed under sustainable, environmentally respectful practices. Harvest alone takes three weeks given how much the soils and microclimates shift from parcel to parcel.