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WINERY: Bodega K5 Argiñano

COUNTRY: Spain

REGION: País Vasco

APPELLATION: D.O. Getariako Txakolina

GRAPES: 100% Hondarrabi-Zuri

ELEVATION: 300 m / 1,000 feet

SOIL: gray shale, laminated slate, granite

VINEYARD: Trellis framework

WINEMAKING: Grapes from a single estate. Manual selection of grapes, cold prefermentation maceration for 8 hours at 61ºF, followed by fermentation in small stainless steel tanks with selected yeasts.

AGING: Aged 5 months on its lees in stainless steel tanks at controlled temperatures.

WINEMAKER: Lauren Rosillo

ALCOHOL: 11.5%

UPC CODE: 7 37686 30002 4

THE WINE:

Intense notes of fruit and minerals, with subtle hints of white flowers and fruits like apple and winter

pear.

THE WINERY: K5 Argiñano is a modern vineyard estate located on a hillside near the Basque village of Aia at 1,000 feet

above sea level overlooking the Cantabrian seaports of Zarautz and Orio. Founded in 2005 by Spanish

celebrity chef Karlos Argiñano and four partners, the objective is to showcase the noble and age worthy

quality of the indigenous Hondarribi Zuri and its ability to produce extractive, super-dry, mineralic whites

worthy of the finest table. The ultra modern, gravity-flow bodega (designed by the famous architectural firm

Alonso & Balaguer) is ideally matched to its environment and offers fabulous views of the surrounding

countryside and seacoast. Thirty-eight acres of Hondarribi Zuri are dry farmed in slate and granite soils with

yields limited to under 2 kilos per vine. To compensate extremely low pH levels, the wine is aged six months

on the fine lees for complexity. There is no better match for the elegant simplicity of Basque seafood cuisine.

THE PRESS:

90 Points, Luis Gutiérrez, Wine Advocate

Bodega K5 Argiñano K Pilota Txakolina 2019