Join us in celebrating Idaho Wine Month with a Tempranillo Vertical at Bitner Vineyards.
Tempranillo – Erlexte Vertical Flight
2021 / 2018 / 2015
Sunday, June 1
Sunday, June 8
Saturday, June 14
Saturday, June 21 & Sunday, June 22

• Cost: $60 / $45 Member (Non-Refundable).

  • Cost includes: 2021 (4 oz. pour) / 2018 (2 oz. pour), 2015 (2 oz. pour)

Tempranillo Erlexte 2015
Platinum, Wine Press NW 19th Platinum Judging, Winter 2019
Gold, Idaho Wine Competition 2019

Retired bee biologist Ron Bitner is among the champions in Idaho for the early-ripening Spanish red grape, and his proprietary name for this marquee bottling of Tempranillo pulls from the Basque term “beehive.” His longtime winemaker and friend, Greg Koenig, worked with Dale Jeffers’ fruit from the breadbasket that is Skyline Vineyards for an incredibly complex and spicy Tempranillo. It’s loaded with blackberry and cherry, cured meat and coffee notes that trail off with a long, savory element.
”Erle” is bee and “Etxe” is house. Put together, these words form beehive or where the bees live. Erletxe. Pronounced “air” and then “ leche” (just like milk in Spanish.) 

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