Bengoetxe, Getariako Txakolina 2021

Grower: Bengoetxe Region: Basque Country, SpainGrape Varieties: Hondarrabi Zuri and Gros MansengViticulture: OrganicCategory: WhiteSize: 750ml Distinctive wines, wines that speak of their terruño, come from lovingly tended and organically farmed grapes.  It is this nurturing philosophy, rare in the Basque Country, a region dominated by industrial farming and winemaking, which drives Iñaki and Rosa Maria Etxeberria to produce Bengoetxe.We first met Iñaki and Rosa Maria after they released the 2009 vintage, a wine that floored us for its stone fruit, beeswax, and mineral depth.  Was this Riesling?  Chenin?  Basque wine?   How did this wine have such lovely intensity without oak or obvious tricks?  From Getaria, really?It turns out that the Etxeberria’s baserria has a long history and unique terruño to go along with the single wine they produce.  Perched high up on a clay slope, their ancient farmhouse has been handed down to the family for generations. The locals have long affectionately