Orange wines
Macerated or orange wines are wines in which the colouring and tannins are leached from the skins of white grapes. The basic principle is exactly the same as in red wine production: the skins remain in contact with the must for a certain period of time (sometimes even with the finished wine) and extract phenols, colouring agents, aromas etc. into the wine. How intensive this contact should be is at the discretion of the winemaker. Maceration times vary between 3-4 days and 80 or 100 days, but there are also producers who experiment with longer maceration times.
Three crucial things happen here. Firstly, as just mentioned, the colouring agents are released from the grapes, secondly (as with red wine) the tannins are extracted and, last but not least, there is long-term contact with oxygen. The result is a colour spectrum that covers all possible shades from Buddhist monk's robes to schnitzel panelling (this depends primarily on the grape variety and the temperature), tannins that give the wines a firm and compact structure and an aroma profile that partly reflects the more intensive contact with oxygen, but also benefits from the long extraction time from the skins.
KLINEC: Rebula 2018
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- €36,90
Rebula is one of the autochthonous varieties of the Collio. What is called Ribolla Gialla on the Italian side produces mostly neutral wines when vinified in a modern way. Unless the grapes are fermented on the skins. Because what makes the Rebula is in the grape skins. And that is spectacular. A...
Čotar: Vitovska 2019
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- €32,90
Vitovska is an old variety with a young story. Since always native to Istrian-Friulan Karst, it was only slowly rediscovered in the 1980s, but was then planted out in the shortest possible time by every winegrower in the area. It is difficult to say what the long forgotten may have been around th...
Purulio Blanco 2021
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- €16,40
Torcuato Huertas elevates blending to an oenological art form. Of the 21 varieties he grows in his vineyards on the northern slopes of the Sierra Nevada, 10 are white. All of them flow into the Purulio Blanco, which - as astonishing as this may sound - presents itself as one big entity. Its vines...
Čotar: Malvazija 2020
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- €32,90
The word Karst is derived from the Latin Carsus, a word that the Romans once used for stony and sterile areas. For the Friulan Karst, for example. Most of it is made of limestone and stores water so badly that it is rather hostile to life for 99% of the fauna and flora: not so for sandoters, bock...
Testalonga: Vermentino 2021
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- €38,90
Antonio Perrino is a garage winemaker. He was one even before the term was taken up in Bordeaux, stripped of its actual meaning and used to formulate a marketing idea and communication strategy, which was then implemented - consistently as always in Bordeaux. These ideas and strategies passed Per...
Denavolo: Catavela 2020
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- €17,90
The Catavela is based on young vines that Giulio Armani planted in 2008 in the limestone-based subsoil of a vineyard at 700 metres above sea level. Committed to his region, he planted the steeply sloping vineyard with indigenous varieties or varieties that have been rooted in the hills around Pia...
Nevio Scala: Monemvasia 2018
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- €16,90
Nevio Scalas Malvasia pays tribute to the Cretan port city of Monemvasia. From there, a few hundred years ago, the first malvasiaszetzes were shipped to the "Serevublic" Venice, which Crete incorporated in 1204. To date, it is not entirely clear what members of the Malvasia family may have been. ...
Ca 'de Noci: Notte di Luna 2019
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- €27,90
The Masini brothers are usually one step ahead of their time. For example, they were among the first to allow their white grapes to come into contact with the skins for a few days and to refrain from adding sulphites to all their wines. Decades of experience have not only made them pioneers and i...
La Distesa, Nur 2022
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- €24,90
"Nur" means light – in Arabic. Corrado Dottori from La Distesa had a distinctly Mediterranean wine in mind when conceiving the Nur. A wine with deep-rooted traditions, made without added sulfites. The vineyards for this wine are located in San Michele, the Grand Cru of Cupramontana. The soil is b...
Klinec Malvazija 2018
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- €36,90
Malvazija Istriana is the most remarkable member of the fundamentally exciting Malvasia family. Its epicentre is the Karst and Collio around Trieste. The barren, harsh and often bora-influenced conditions are too harsh for many plants, but they are perfect for Malvazija Istriana. At Aleks Klinec...
KLINEC: Jakot 2018
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- €38,90
Data Sheet Grape variety: Friulano (Tocai) Vineyard: Ponka Harvest: by hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, 4 days contact with the skins Ageing: Two years in 2000-litre acacia wood barrels, followed by a few months in steel tanks to clarify the wine naturally Filtration: no SO₂: <2...
Denavolo: Dinavolino 2020
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- €22,90
Dinavolino is the little brother of Dinavolo, the great orange-coloured monument from Val Trebbia near Piacenza. The vines for this wine are rooted at the foot of the Denavolo, a steep mountain slope that rises from 400 to 700 metres and is mainly based on limestone. The fundamental difference be...
Aldo Viola, Biancoviola 2022
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- €20,90
The Biancoviola is the white counterpart to the red Moretto. It is made from three grape varieties grown in three vastly different vineyards, far from each other. The grapes for the Grillo ripen in the inland hills around Segesta, the Grecanico vines take root in Sicily's wild west, while the Cat...
IL Tufiello: Sancho Panza 2019
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- €26,80
Every few weeks, Guido Zampaglione gets into his car and drives through the night from Gamalero in southern Piedmont to Calitri, in the hills east of Avellino. 894 kilometres lie between the two places, but what wouldn't you do for a great love - and it seems to be unconditional between Guido and...
Davide Spillare: Vecchie Vigne 2020
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- €29,90
The quintessence of Davide's endeavours. The grapes for the Rugoli Vecchie Vigne come from a vineyard where Garganega vines have been rooted for over 60 years. The vines are as thick as tree trunks, deeply anchored in volcanic basalt and fairly resistant to potential fungal diseases. Small, full...