Bizkaiko Txakolina

Bizkaiko Txakolina-Txakoli de Bizkaia-Chacolí de Bizkaia DOP

Wine region
Bizkaiko Txakolina-Txakoli de Bizkaia-Chacolí de Bizkaia DOP in the province of Bizkaia in the region of Basque Country
Official name	D.O.P. Bizkaiko Txakolina-Txakoli de Bizkaia-Chacolí de Bizkaia[1]
Type	Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP)
Year established	1994
Country	Spain
No. of vineyards	403 hectares (996 acres)
No. of wineries	36[2]
Wine produced	18,062 hectolitres
Comments	Data for 2016 / 2017

Txakoli de Bizkaia – Bizkaiko Txakolina is a Spanish Denominación de Origen Protegida (DOP) (Basque: Jatorri Deitura Babestua) for wines, located in the province of Bizkaia, Basque Country, Spain. The DOP includes vineyards from 82 different municipalities.

Txacolí is a thin white acidic wine that can be naturally fizzy and is traditionally served like cider, poured from a height into the glass.

History

The Txacolí de Bizkaia DOP was created in 1994 and covers around 250 hectares of vineyards. Wine had traditionally been made in this manner for hundreds of years and was popular from the Middle Ages up to the end of the 19th century, when the vines were devastated by the phylloxera virus and the effects of industrialization of the Basque Country. There are now 36 wineries (bodegas) registered with the DOP.

Authorised grape varieties

The authorised grape varieties are:

• Red: Ondarribi Beltza

• White: Hondarrabi Zuri is preferred; also authorised are Hondarrabi Zuri Zerratia / Petit Courbu, Mune Mahatsa / Folle Blanche, Izkiriota / Gros Manseng, Izkiriota Ttippia /Petit Manseng, Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling, and Chardonnay

As in neighbouring Guipuzcoa, the main variety used to make txacolí is the white Hondarrabi Zuri, though there is also some Folle Blanche planted. The red Hondarribi Beltza variety is much less common and is only found in significant quantities in the municipality of Bakio. Near the coast, the vines are trained over pergolas, while inland, around the town of Balmaseda they are on trellises (en espaldera).

Vineyards

The vineyards are planted along the coast and the banks of the estuary, both to the east and to the west of Bilbao, the provincial capital. There are two main traditional areas: Bakio on the coast and Balmaseda inland. Most of the vineyards are small and dispersed on the low foothills near the coast, at an average height of 150 m above sea-level.

The soils near the coast are predominantly clay while further inland it is more varied. In deep soil areas there limestone and marls are present. The shallow soils are neutral or acidic and rich in organic matter.

• There are 240 ha of vineyards registered with the D.O.
• Permitted maximum yield: 70%
• Maximum authorized yield: 13,000 kg/ha
• Permitted alcohol content: 11.5% (white); 12% (red)

Climate

The climate around Bakio is cool, rainy and completely Atlantic, while inland around Balsameda, it is warmer, drier and more continental with micro-climates in each valley.

The average temperature is 12°C and there is an occasional risk of late frosts and hail. It is rainy all year round with an average annual rainfall of 1,000 mm to 1,200 mm.

References

External links

• D.O.P. Bizkaiko Txakolina-Txakoli de Bizkaia-Chacolí de Bizkaia official website

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Spanish wine regions

PDO: Protected Denominations of Origin
Major regions Cava Navarra Priorat Rías Baixas Ribera del Duero Rioja Rueda Jerez-Xeres-Sherry
Denominación  de origen  calificada (DOCa)	Basque Country Rioja [1] Catalonia Priorat La Rioja Rioja [1] Navarre Rioja [1]
Denominación  de origen (DO)	Andalusia Condado de Huelva Granada Jerez-Xeres-Sherry Málaga Manzanilla-Sanlúcar de Barrameda Montilla-Moriles Sierras de Málaga Aragon Calatayud Campo de Borja Cariñena Somontano Cava [1] Balearic Islands Binissalem Pla i Llevant Basque Country Txakoli de Álava Txakoli de Bizkaia Txakoli de Getaria Cava [1] Canary Islands Abona El Hierro Gran Canaria La Gomera La Palma Lanzarote Tacoronte-Acentejo Valle de Güímar Valle de la Orotava Ycoden-Daute-Isora Castile and León Arlanza Arribes Bierzo Cigales Ribera del Duero Rueda Tierra de León Tierra del Vino de Zamora Toro Cava [1] Castile–La Mancha Almansa Jumilla [1] La Mancha Manchuela Méntrida Mondéjar Ribera del Júcar Uclés Valdepeñas Catalonia Alella Catalunya Conca de Barberà Costers del Segre Empordà Montsant Penedès Pla de Bages Tarragona Terra Alta Cava [1] Extremadura Ribera del Guadiana Cava [1] Galicia Monterrei Rías Baixas Ribeira Sacra Ribeiro Valdeorras La Rioja Cava [1] Madrid Vinos de Madrid Murcia Bullas Jumilla [1] Yecla Navarre Navarra Cava [1] Valencia Alicante Utiel-Requena Valencia Cava [1]
Vino de Pago	Aragon Pago Aylés Castile–La Mancha Campo de La Guardia Casa del Blanco Dehesa del Carrizal Dominio de Valdepusa El Vicario Finca Élez Guijoso La Jaraba Los Cerrillos Pago Calzadilla Pago Florentino Vallegarcía Navarre Arínzano Otazu Prado de Irache Valencia El Terrerazo Pago de Los Balagueses Vera de Estenas
Vino de calidad	Andalusia Lebrija Asturias Cangas Canary Islands Islas Canarias Castile and León Sierra de Salamanca Valles de Benavente Valtiendas

PGI: Protected Geographical Indications
Vino de la tierra	Andalusia Altiplano de Sierra Nevada Bailén Cádiz Córdoba Cumbres del Guadalfeo Desierto de Almería Laderas del Genil Laujar-Alpujarra Los Palacios Norte de Almería Ribera del Andarax Sierra Norte de Sevilla Sierra Sur de Jaén Sierras de las Estancias y los Filabres Torreperogil Villaviciosa de Córdoba Aragon Bajo Aragón Ribera del Gállego-Cinco Villas Ribera del Jiloca Ribera del Queiles [1] Valdejalón Valle del Cinca Balearic Islands Formentera Ibiza Illes Balears Isla de Menorca Mallorca Serra de Tramuntana-Costa Nord Cantabria Costa de Cantabria Liébana Castile and León Castile and León Castile–La Mancha Castilla Extremadura Extremadura Galicia Barbanza e Iria Betanzos Ribeiras do Morrazo Val do Miño-Ourense La Rioja Valles de Sadacia Murcia Abanilla Murcia Campo de Cartagena Navarre Ribera del Queiles [1] 3 Riberas Valencia Castelló
[1] Multi-regional wine regions: Cava · Jumilla · Ribera del Queiles · Rioja See also Spanish wine Catalan wine Galician wine Txakoli Malaga

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