Chris Zitzman

9.0

The 2024 Ameztoi “Rubentis” carries a subtle, almost rose gold hue in the glass. The nose contains bright red berry notes, but it’s on the palate where this wine absolutely shines.

The blend of hondarrabi zuri and hondarrabi beltza are at the heart of the wine, but its real beauty stems from the method to its marriage.

Both grapes are hand-picked, but then placed in hoppers from where they are de-stemmed together, then pressed together, then allowed to naturally ferment together. Towards the end of the process the tanks are closed to preserve the naturally occurring carbonation.

As is traditional/preferred method in Getaria, the tanks themselves are kept near freezing to solidify the blend’s effervescent character.

The result is a robust-yet-effervescent rose whose roots date back to the late 1800’s.

The craft used to make this very wine made rose popular in the Baque region of Spain LONG before rose became so popular around the world. — 6 days ago

with Beth

Morgan Mannino

10

Lightly effervescent, with citrus notes. — 6 years ago

Chris MacLean

9.2

Exceedingly drinkable — a day ago

with Sarah

Kristin Yankauskas

9.3

Very light, watery yellow. Lemon-lime aroma. Zippy crisp acidity. Structured. Tasting of a tart lemon bar with a mineral secondary note. This wine loves simple, light food - tapas, mushroom, shellfish. — 7 months ago

Stacy Markow

9.1

Barrel aged blend of Hondarabbi Zuri and Beltza with Batonnage and lees aging. Wine is homage to old school txakoli. Think Chablis with crazy linear acidity. — 8 years ago

Lindsay joly

8.9

Slight effervescent, almost off-dry. Pleasant but prefer other producers from region. — 22 days ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.2

Delicious. This is certainly one of the best roses I’ve had in a long time. Fragrant, lots of strawberries, a little fizz. Awesome with our tapas. — 3 months ago