An unusually warm winter and fine weather brought with it one of the earliest bud breaks we can remember. Despite the fact that we had a complicated beginning of spring with a lot of rain, by the time of flowering the weather had changed, being excellent and obtaining an exceptional fruit set. We enjoyed a summer with above-normal temperatures and the lack of rainfall meant that the harvest was brought forward, with the harvest beginning on September 12. Despite a faster than expected ripening cycle, the balance between acidity and ripeness was excellent.The grapes entered the winery with perfect parameters for vinification, which was carried out without any incident.

42 Zura by Gorka Izagirre, the first and only still wine to incorporate French oak vats in this winemaking cellar for 100% of the wine ("zura" means wood in Basque). The wine spends 42 in oak vats on its fine lees at the beginning only of the winemaking. The making of the 42 Zura begins with the must from Hondarrabi Zerratia grapes. The clean must is poured into a fine-grained French fermentation oak vat from the Allary Tonnellerie in France. The must undergoes a long, cold fermentation before it is racked and stored for approximately a further 7 months on the lees in stainless steel. Finally, following a series of racking's and decanting for at least another 4 months, the wine is bottled.

* 100% Hondarrabi Zerratia.