Azul y Garanza Navarra Viura 2025 (1L) NO20230614 buttered toast

buttered toast

this wine proves he's among Burgundy's most exciting independent voices

and even his entry-level wines carry the house imprint: lift

It's a roughly even split of Chardonnay and Pinot Noir

Azul y Garanza Navarra Viura 2025 (1L) NO20230614 buttered toastA liter of bright, dry white from one of Spain's most wildly beautiful corners. Azul y Garanza farm in and around the Bardenas Reales, the lunar desert park of southern Navarra, and they do everything organically by necessity as much as conviction. This Viura comes from older vines on clay limestone soils at around 400 meters, fermented with wild yeasts in concrete and held briefly in stainless before bottling. The result is unfussy and refreshing,