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white grape · regional specialty

Hondarrabi Zerratia

Gascony, France

Say it

hon·dar·rah·beetheh·rah·tee·ah

/ˌhon.daˈra.βi θeˈra.ti.a/Basque (Euskara)

Both 'rr' clusters are trilled; Basque 'z' is /θ/ (like English 'th') in most dialects or /s/ in others; 'H' is silent.

On the palate

lemongrapefruitpearpineapplehoney

How you spot it blind: waxy honey-citrus aroma over a racy high-acid frame

The story

Nearly extinct at 10 hectares in 1958, Petit Courbu recovered to ~68 hectares in France through deliberate AOC-driven revival in its Pyrenean appellations.

Where it lives

Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, France · Jurançon, France · Irouléguy, France · Txakoli, Basque Country, Spain

Shows up as

still whitesweet whiteJurançonPacherenc du Vic-BilhTxakoli

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Gros Manseng →Viognier →Riesling →

Also answers to Petit Courbu.

These describe the classic expression of the grape. Skin contact, carbonic and other low-intervention winemaking — which we love — can bend all of them.