itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county minerals + peach skin on

minerals + peach skin on nose

The New York Times

aromas of white flowers and peaches

Creamy nose with bright fruit aromas of peach

itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county minerals + peach skin onWonderfully 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