FRANCE Egiategia - Dena Dela Blanc 0,75L

Designation of origin: Vin de France

Color: white

Type: still

Grapes: Colombard, Ugni Blanc

Alcohol content: 11%

Bottling location: Saint-Jean-de-Luz (Labourd) FRANCE

 

Description:

Straw yellow in color with golden highlights, it presents a fresh and distinctive bouquet on the nose with distinct notes of lime and citrus, accompanied by mineral and salty aromas that recall the marine origins of the production process. On the palate, it is fresh and lively, with a pleasant acidity that provides balance and an unmistakable iodine aftertaste that perfectly expresses, once again, its marine character. The extraordinary uniqueness of this product lies in its patented, pioneering winemaking method: after an initial traditional fermentation, the bottled wine undergoes a second alcoholic fermentation in special tanks in the Bay of Saint-Jean-de-Luz at a depth of 15 meters for a minimum of three months, a process that gives the wine unique and unrepeatable organoleptic characteristics.
A quintessential pairing with oysters, it pairs beautifully with all raw seafood and raw or cooked shellfish. Perfect with traditional Basque dishes such as cod al pil pil, fish soup, and cod pintxos, it's also excellent with fresh goat cheeses, seafood salads, and seaweed dishes.

"Egiategia" means "the making, from dream to reality" in Basque, a motto that perfectly captures Emmanuel Poirmeur's company, which patented its underwater vinification and maturation process in 2007. The grapes come from grape varieties traditionally used to produce Cognac and Armagnac in the French Basque Country. This unique process exploits the extraordinary physical conditions of the marine environment—pressure, darkness, thermal inertia, and tidal agitation—which alter the yeast metabolism and autolysis, revealing aromatic profiles that would not develop spontaneously under traditional terrestrial conditions.