Oxer Wines Bastegieta Kalamity Blanco 2024

Oxer Bastegieta Kalamity Blanco 2024 is a prestigious white made in Rioja, Spain, by renowned grower Oxer Bastegieta. It's known for its artisanal approach, using organic and regenerative viticulture in old vineyards.

The Wine Advocate
RP 96

Reviewed by: Luis Gutiérrez

The 2024 Kalamity White was made with white varieties — Viura, Calagraño, Torrontés, Malvasía Riojana, Maturana Blanca and Garnacha Blanca — planted together with the red grapes used for the Kalamity red, plus another plot where all the white varieties are co-planted.

There's a slight shift towards a narrower, more precise wine; it didn't go through 100% malolactic and also has a little more acidity. It has restrained ripeness, 13% alcohol and a pH of 3.4. It shows effervescent freshness, with great cleanliness and precision, focus and balance, ending with a serious, chalky, stony finish. This wine is a clear step up from the 2023.

3,100 bottles were produced. It was bottled in September 2025.

For Oxer Bastegieta, 2024 is an excellent vintage, fresher and more delicate than 2023. He wants to emulate the old tradition of co-planting and wines with character and freedom. There's a new red from Maturana Tinta, but it's always made, as he says, “my way”, with much lower alcohol and, surprisingly, no pyrazines.

He seeks texture and freshness, which for him come from cover crops, compost, soil microbiology and so on. He wants cleanliness, agility and precision in the wines. He has a co-planted keyline vineyard, with 1.5 hectares in San Vicente de la Sonsierra (La Rad, at 600 metres on very chalky soils) and 1.5 hectares in Leza, at 700 metres, which he described as his legacy for the future.

2025 was a mildew year, and there will only be Kalamity, as many of the crus won't be made. He's studying Garnacha from Camprovín and Badarán and believes the grape will play a much bigger role in Rioja's future. Kalamity 2025 will be almost 70% Garnacha.

He currently sells 50% of production in Spain and exports the rest. He makes a total of 65,000 bottles, including his Txakoli wines.

Published: 12 March 2026.