Ameztoi Harvest Notes 2011

Harvest at Ameztoi started two weeks early this year to due an early flowering season. A day before starting harvest Ignacio Ameztoi noted that this should be quite a year for all their wines. It started with a beautiful spring that lead to very even flowering of the vines followed by great weather with lack of hail or other adverse conditions. Light rainfall throughout the summer provided just the right amount of moisture to properly dictate alcohol levels. Due to an unusually cool but sunny year the wines should have great aromatic profiles. Most promising are the Beltza vines which this year came in with terrific ripeness.