The txakoli is more than a wine with its own personality. It is a white wine, pale yellow slightly acid, with fruity resources and wide in mouth. Bengoetxe txakolina must to be served cool.
Its characteristic color, aroma and taste make this txakoli of quality obtained from the varieties of Hondarribi-Zuri, Petit Corbu and Gros Manseng appropriate to enjoy it as an aperitif or to take it with seafood and fish.
In Bengoetxe Txakolina we make use of some good standard facilities for the production of our txakoli takes place in the best conditions.
Bengoetxe is the only winery from the Denomination of Origin Getaria Txakolina that produce organic txakoli guaranteeing its production without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
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The Bengoetxe winery is located in the vantage point of Goierri, with very favorable climatologic characteristics for the Txakoli.
Bengoetxe is the only winery from the Denomination of Origin Getaria Txakolina that produce organic txakoli guaranteeing its production without the use of pesticides or chemical fertilizers.
The area enjoys a mild climate influenced by the Atlantic, average temperatures and high rainfall. For this reason the vineyard is located on the sunniest hillsides, good draughty and drain lands with trained vine form. Our land is clayey.
Iñaki carry out the crop and the care of the vineyards patient and scrupulously during the whole year. The grape harvest is carried out during the arrival of autumn.
We cultivate our land in an organic way.
The white txakoli Bengoetxe is produce with native varieties; Hondarribi Zuri and the Petit Corbu that suppose the 95% of the vineyard and Gros Manseng the remaining 5%.
The grape harvest takes places towards the end of September or beginning of October when the bunches have reached their optimal point of maturity and balance between sugars and acidity.
The grape harvest is carried out carefully and in a mechanic way, this system allows us to harvest the best grapes with the degree of maturity needed and in ten minutes we are in the wine cellar, without the minimum rusting.
In BENGOETXE winery begins the process with a pressing, after a soaking at 10º C for 24 hours, obtaining in this way greater complexity and aromatic intensity. Alcoholic fermentation: in stainless steel tanks, with a controlled temperature of 16º C.
And our Bengoetxe berezia, a vintage over plaited esparto grass: From 4 to 6 months in tanks made of stainless steel at 9º C.
The singularity of the wines with Designation of Origin Txakoli stems from the characteristics of the environment in which it is grown, a low-altitude mountainous terrain; a mild Atlantic climate and indigenous varieties of grapes suitable for the environment where they grow, especially Ondarribi Zuri, gives the txakoli a special personality that sets it apart from the rest of the wines.
A feature of the development of txakoli Getaria is that after fermentation rests on the lees and does not carry out any transfer to preserve the small bubble; the wine is clarified by natural sedimentation in the tank itself.
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