🇪🇸 Juanjo Tellaetxe
Some perseverance was required, yet we ultimately prevailed. Then again, a little courting can only be expected when sourcing wines from tiny cellars. And while you may have already had a go at Txakoli—that crisp and simply quaffable banner white from Spain’s Basque Country—Juanjo Tellaetxe (a man of the cloth, no less) gives this local varietal a higher calling with remarkable length, stony minerality and, yes, grace.
Total winery production: 14,500 bottles/year
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Tantaka \ D.O. Txakoli de Álava
Now sold at state wine stores! SKU 924480 $26.99/bottle
Tantaka Tinto \ D.O. Txakoli de Álava
Sold by the six-bottle case by DABS special order: SKU 924948 / $29.99/bottle