Rezabal Getariako Txakolina 2025 balaton the wine never touches oak

the wine never touches oak

with a malolactic note of cream cheese and notes of clove and cinnamon from the oak

Put this head turning wine next to all sorts of bird-focused dishes or whatever you bring home from the farmer’s market

floral-tinged finish

or tuna steaks

Rezabal Getariako Txakolina 2025 balaton the wine never touches oakIt feels like a paradox that Basque culture and therefore the wines the Basques make is so vivid, energetic, and fresh. Basques compete with Georgians for the claim of oldest culture in Europe. They had already been fishing in the bay of Biscay for thousands of years when Phoenecian traders first introduced grape vines to the Iberian peninsula, and when the Romans came to claim the land of people they called Vascos, they met people who spoke Euskera,