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white grape · regional specialty

Izkiriota Txikia

Jurançon, Southwest France

Say it

eez·kee·ree·oh·tahchee·kee·ah

/is.ki.ɾi.o.ta tʃi.ki.a/Basque (Euskera)

'tx' is an affricate /tʃ/ like English 'ch'; 'txikia' means 'small/petit' in Basque; alternate spelling 'Izkiriota Ttippia' found in some sources

On the palate

apricotquincepineapplehoneybeeswaxgrapefruit

How you spot it blind: extreme sugar concentration on vine with electric acidity intact, no botrytis required

The story

First written down · 1220, Béarn, France (as 'Mansenc')

Documented in Béarn as 'Mansenc' since 1220, the variety collapsed to under 35 ha in France by 1968 before a sustained revival brought French acreage past 1,400 ha by 2018.

Where it lives

Jurançon, France · Pacherenc du Vic-Bilh, France · Irouléguy, France · Txakoli, Spain · Virginia, USA

Shows up as

still whitesweetJurançonJurançon SecPacherenc du Vic-BilhIrouléguy

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Riesling →Viognier →Gros Manseng →

Also answers to Petit Manseng.

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