Antxiola Rosado Getariako-Txakolina 2024

Where: Txakoli, SpainGrapes: Hondurrabi BeltzaBody: Light / Medium Category: Rose Wine  Antxiola is produced by Bodegas Zudugarai, a small family run winery in Getaria in Spain's Basque region. The rosado has notes of strawberry , citrus and minerality and bottled young to capture some of the wine's natural effervescence. Refreshing to sip with pork, poultry or seafood.  Winemaking: All work in the vineyards is done by hand including harvest. The vines are planted on the sunny sides of the hills to keep them dry and free of rot and fungal diseases. All Hondurrabi Beltza (red grape). Skin maceration for 24 hours. Alcoholic fermentation then takes place in stainless steel with indigenous yeast. No aging of the wine. It is bottled while still young to capture some of the natural CO2 left in the wine giving it a slight effervescence. Antxiola pronounced (ahn-cho-la) is a txacoli wine made by Bodegas Zudugarai. The winery was founded in 1989 the same year that the DO of Getaria txakolina