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Txomin Etxaniz
TX
2024
3.9
Region
Spain › Basque Country › Getariako Txakolina › Getariako Txakolina DO
Type
white · still
Grapes
Hondarrabi Zuri
Alcohol
11.5%
Volume
750 mL
Tasting Notes(1)
3.9
Stone fruit, raw dough and freshly baked bread, white flowers, neat minerality and good acidity. I had it anywhere but here - Riesling, an Austrian Chardonnay, some other Austrian white. Then the reveal: txakoli. Wow - did not see that coming.
About
TX is the barrel-aged cuvée of the Txomin Etxaniz estate in Getaria, made from 100% Hondarrabi Zuri from old estate vineyards (reported at over 80 years) on a plot close to the Cantabrian shore. It departs from the estate's lightly spritzy young txakoli: the wine is fermented and kept on its own lees, then aged for about six months in French acacia barrels before bottling. The estate's own front label records it as a Getariako Txakolina elaborado sobre lías, en barricas de acacia, con uvas procedentes de antiguos viñedos Hondarrabi Zuri. The Ukrainian import sticker records 11.5% alcohol, 750 ml, and a single-variety Hondarrabi Zuri composition; it is imported by Wine Bureau.
