Cider aged on the lees
Oiharte Markesaren Lurra
by Oiharte · Zerain
- Type
- Cider aged on the lees
- Apples
- Txalaka, Gezamiña, Urtebi Haundi, Urtebi Txikia
Sizes
- Bottle €5.55
Price in its online shop on 20 October 2026. It may have changed: the one on their website is the one that counts.
About Oiharte Markesaren Lurra
Markesaren Lurra (“the marquis’s land”) comes from the organic orchard Oiharte keeps next to its cellar in Zerain, on land that centuries ago belonged to the Marquis of Segura and that farmers worked in exchange for part of the harvest. It is made from txalaka, gezamiña, urtebi haundi and urtebi txikia apples.
The cider is aged on the lees of the previous harvest, and the house describes it as deeply coloured, full of flavour and full-bodied, with character. It carries the Euskal Sagardoa DO seal and, on the label, an old photo of the farm’s country folk.
Sources: Oiharte shop.
Its quality labels
- DO Euskal Sagardoa Designation of origin for natural Basque cider: only local apples from registered orchards in Álava, Bizkaia and Gipuzkoa, not pasteurised and with no added gas. The French Basque Country joins through the cross-border PDO, pending in the EU. The seal goes on each bottle, not on the cider maker.
- Organic production Cider with the EU organic logo (the Euro-leaf), certified by the body in its territory: ENEEK-Ekolurra in the Basque Country, CPAEN in Navarre, an approved certifier in the French Basque Country (with the optional AB logo), COPAE, ODECA or CRAEGA.
