Txomin: Txacolina
Txomin :
"In the southeast corner of the Bay of Biscay at the border with France, lies the region of Txakoli, (chock-oh-lee). The region is divided between Guetaria, along the coast, and farther inland Vizcaya. The wines of Guetaria (the smallest Denominación de Origen in all of Spain) are crisp and bright, those of Vizcaya richer and higher in alcohol."
This wine is made from both red and white grapes picked when malic acids are still high and made in a production method that imparts a delicate petillance — or slight spritz. It is essentially the same as a ‘green wine’ (vinho verde) in Portugal.
Locally, txacoli is poured an inch or so at a time into characteristic flat-bottomed tumblers and then drunk before it loses its sparkling edge.
ABOUT THE PRODUCER: "Coming from the smallest appellation in Spain, today 85 hectares (124 acres), the Chueca family has made Txomin Etxaniz the benchmark wine of the appellation. Until twenty years ago, good chacolí could only be found in the farmsteads (caseríos) where it was traditionally made.
WINE PROFILE: Lots of green apple, lemon, lime and kiwi . Tart, very crisp with good minnerality and acidity.
"In the southeast corner of the Bay of Biscay at the border with France, lies the region of Txakoli, (chock-oh-lee). The region is divided between Guetaria, along the coast, and farther inland Vizcaya. The wines of Guetaria (the smallest Denominación de Origen in all of Spain) are crisp and bright, those of Vizcaya richer and higher in alcohol."
This wine is made from both red and white grapes picked when malic acids are still high and made in a production method that imparts a delicate petillance — or slight spritz. It is essentially the same as a ‘green wine’ (vinho verde) in Portugal.
Locally, txacoli is poured an inch or so at a time into characteristic flat-bottomed tumblers and then drunk before it loses its sparkling edge.
ABOUT THE PRODUCER: "Coming from the smallest appellation in Spain, today 85 hectares (124 acres), the Chueca family has made Txomin Etxaniz the benchmark wine of the appellation. Until twenty years ago, good chacolí could only be found in the farmsteads (caseríos) where it was traditionally made.
WINE PROFILE: Lots of green apple, lemon, lime and kiwi . Tart, very crisp with good minnerality and acidity.
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