Oxer Bastegieta Bizkaiko Txakolina - 3x2 wines
Oxer Bastegieta is a Basque producer who divides his time between the family winery in Bizkaiko Txakolina and his highly personal wines in Rioja. The vineyards in Bizkaiko Txakolina are located in the village of Kortezubi, a little old town in Bizkaia, famous for its prehistoric caves which form a Unesco World Heritage Site. The permaculture vineyards have soil composed of calcareous clay and are worked organically with regenerative agriculture and biodynamic treatments.
Included Wines:
- Marko Gure Arbasoak: 45% Hondarribi Zuri Zerratia (Petit Courbu), 40% Hondarribi Zuri (Gros Courbu) and 15% Izkiota Txikia (Petit Manseng). 70% of the wine is fermented in 500 liter French oak barrels and foudres, and 30% in stainless steel tanks. After fermentation, using indigenous yeast, the wine is aged for 9 months in contact with its lees. The wine is bottled unfiltered.
- Marko Loretxoa 2021: 50% Hondarribi Zuri Zerratia, 35% Hondarribi Zuri and 15% Izkiriota Txikia.After fermentation in stainless steel tanks, the wine is transferred to ex-Fino Sherry casks, filled to 80% of the capacity where the wine ages for 2 months under a veil of yeast (flor).
- Marko Terlegiz 2023: 35% Hondarribi Zuri Zerratia (Petit Courbu), 35% Hondarribi Zuri (Gros Courbu) and 30% Izkiriota Txikia (Petit Manseng). After fermentation the wine remains a minimum of 6 months in contact with the lees. The wine ferments 100% in foudres, using indigenous yeast.