Irouléguy: the Basque mountain appellation that exists in defiance of comfortable viticulture. The heavyweight tee is the appropriate format.
Growing vines on steep Pyrenean terraces in France's Basque country requires a certain stubbornness — the kind that produces wines of dark intensity and wild herbal character that bear no resemblance to what grows in the comfortable valleys below. Tannat, Cabernet Franc, and Cabernet Sauvignon from the mountain slopes of the Pays Basque are wines that reward the collector who seeks them out. The premium heavyweight tee carries that mountain energy in 100% combed ring-spun cotton at 6.5 oz/yd², regular fit, side-seamed. A Basque wine enthusiast gift for the altitude-curious collector.
