Astobiza, Malkoa, Txakolí de Alava, Spain, 2017

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Tasted by: Pedro Ballestero Torres MW
(at Txakoli Tasting, 19 Aug 2021)
Drinking Window: 2021 - 2025
Single-vineyard wine from Alava, distilling the ambition of luxury Txakoli. Careful grape selection, long ageing (20 months) in concrete vats, in contact with the lees. Round and firm, quite atypical for Txakoli, with ripe fruit aromas, bready and honey hints. Quite powerful, despite moderate alcohol. Very good in its more international style.
Astobiza, Malkoa, Txakolí de Alava, Spain, 2017
Producer
Astobiza
Brand
Malkoa
Vintage
2017
Wine Type
Still
Colour
White
Country
Spain
Region
Northern Spain
Appellation
Txakolí
Sweetness
Dry
Closure
Cork
Alcohol
12.50%
Body
Light
Oak
Unoaked
Grapes
100% Hondarrabi Zuri