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Talai Berri

Producer: Talai Berri
Style: White
Vintage: 2008
Grapes: Hondarribi Zuri 90%, Hondarribi Beltza 10%
Region: Spain < Getariako Txakolina

PRICE: $21

Tasting Notes and Food Pairing Suggestions

  • Grilled shrimp with cilantro salsa verde
  • Lobster rolls
  • Fried or grilled calamari with lemon wedges for squeezing

This dynamite Txakoli from Spain's Basque coast is a briny rush of saline minerals, tantalizing acidity, and a generous dose of ripe citrus and gooseberry fruit. Made with the traditional Hondarribi Zuri and Hondarribi Beltza grapes, this zippy wine possesses Txakoli's characteristic effervescence from natural CO2 (bubbles) that developed in the wine after it was sealed into stainless steel tanks. This spritz - Txakoli's trademark - is the result of leftover sugar in the wine that had not yet been converted into alcohol during the fermentation process.

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