itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county The New York Times

The New York Times

Citrus notes with tart lime

game meat and spicy cheese

aromas of white flowers and peaches

“vigneronne extraordinaire”

itxas harri beltza, 2021 santa barbara county The New York TimesWonderfully 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