Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Primus 2024 SF Chronicle Decades of distilling Bartlett pears

Decades of distilling Bartlett pears has shown us just what this gorgeous fruit is capable of—especially when put through our Holstein stills

Long aged in a handful of our first custom-designed casks

and one just outside the tiny village of Freestone

from the arid soils of the limestone hills

For maturing the whisky we use a combination of refill American oak (Bourbon) and first fill American oak (Bourbon)

Ameztoi Getariako Txakolina Primus 2024 SF Chronicle Decades of distilling Bartlett pearsMost people meet Ameztoi through its famously fizzy, low alcohol txakoli, poured high and splashy in San Sebastian's pintxo bars. Primus is the plot twist: a still, serious white from the oldest vines on this benchmark Getaria estate, perched above the Bay of Biscay. It is 100% Hondarrabi Zuri, the indigenous Basque white, fermented on native yeasts and aged about seven months on its fine lees for real texture and depth. The spritz is gone; what is