Getariako Txakolina

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Accessory grape varieties

Terroir

• 95% of the vineyards are situated less than 1 km from the sea, within a mild Atlantic climate of maritime influence, with a mean annual rainfall of 1,600 mm and 185 rainy days per year.
• The mean annual temperature is 13.4 °C, with a mean maximum of 16.4 °C and a mean minimum of 10.5 °C, and there is no risk of spring frosts in the area.
• The soil presents an alternation of hard layers of limestone and sandstone with soft layers of marl and clayey rocks, with clay-loam and loam textures predominating and a generally neutral pH.
• Most of the vineyards are located on slopes sheltered from north-westerly winds, with average gradients of 15–20%, oriented to maximise sun exposure.

• The vine has traditionally been trained as a pergola (parral), a form that accounts for 80% of the vineyard area registered within the appellation.
• The predominant variety, Ondarrabi Zuri, has high vegetative vigour and requires long pruning to achieve a quantitative and qualitative balance in the fruit; Ondarrabi Beltza, a red variety, is also grown to a lesser extent.
• The Denominación de Origen was ratified by the Order of 6 April 1990, and in 2007 the geographical scope was extended from the original three municipalities of Aia, Getaria and Zarautz to the entire province of Gipuzkoa.
• Txakoli has traditionally been made on its own lees with temperature control throughout the process, retaining part of the natural CO2 produced during fermentation.

• White chacolí displays a colour ranging from pale yellow to straw with greenish hues, and a fresh, lightly acidic palate. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• The yields achieved give an actual alcoholic strength of around 11.5% and a tartaric acidity above 7 g/l, producing a fresh and light Txakoli characteristic of this area.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the specification (pliego de condiciones).

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Sources

• National pliego de condiciones (PDF)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-ES-A0741
• Official trade body site — Getariako Txakolina