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.
Aldo Viola Egesta 2017
Wein
- €31,90
Egesta is one of the most original and best white wines in Sicily. It is made from 100% white Grillo, a variety that is associated with Sicily more than almost any other, but which apparently does not originate from the island. It was probably first planted in Sicily after the phylloxera campaign...
Semicolon: Riesling 2019
Wein
- €39,90
Data sheet Grape variety: Riesling Vineyard: Wachau, Gneiss Harvest: By hand Fermentation: Spontaneous | wild yeasts, 30% mash, 70% must Ageing: In used wooden barrels Filtration: no SO₂: unsulphurised Alcohol content: 12.5% vol. Closure: Natural cork Drinking temperature: 10-12 °C Perfect drinki...
KLINEC: Gardelin 2018
Wein
- €36,90
Sivi Pinot - better known as Pinot Gris or Grauburgunder - is one of the white grape varieties, the grapes of which are not actually mature. Rather, the berries shimmer copper-colored in autumn. And accordingly, wines from the grape variety, when they are fermented on the mash, have the color of ...
Schmelzer: Frühroter Veltliner "Schlicht und Ergreifend" 2020
Wein
- €26,80
Frühroter Veltliner is, despite its supposedly melodious name, somewhere between Goldburger and Sämling in the hit parade of Austrian grape varieties - in other words, pretty far down the list. The area planted with it fell by almost 50% between 1999 and 2015 and, if you look around, there are fe...
Ca' de Noci: Riserva Defratelli 2016
Wein
- €39,90
Some grape varieties make the leap beyond local borders, others do not, although it is not always clear why. Spergola has a subtle flavour that is reminiscent of white flowers when classically vinified. If the grapes are left on the skins for a while, orange peel and clove flavours are often adde...
Tenuta Grillo: Baccabianca 2013
Wein
- €26,80
Cortese with a difference. With Baccabianca, everything that the grape possesses is extracted. Every phenol, every pigment and every flavour particle from the grape skin finds its way into Guido Zampaglione's wine. After spontaneous fermentation, it matures for years in steel tanks and for even m...
Denavolo: Dinavolo 2018
Wein
- €34,90
Dinavolo is one of the great milestones of vini macerati, those wines whose white grapes are actually processed like red wines. It is made in the hills south-west of Piacenza from a hodgepodge of grape varieties in which, as is so often the case with orange wines from Emilia, Malvasia di Candia A...
IL Tufiello: Montemattina 2016
Wein
- €29,90
If you want to know what the third dimension feels like in a glass of white wine, you should try Guido Zampaglione's Montemattina. Although - and this needs to be mentioned briefly - the wine is not really white. Nor is it yellow or gold. Rather, it shines in the most beautiful copper colour. Thi...
Aldo Viola: Krimiso 2019
Wein
- €27,90
Cataratto has always been the workhorse among the island's white grape varieties, and you could taste it. Only recently have there been a small number of winegrowers who have really got to the bottom of the character of Catarratto and are breaking new ground. Aldo Viola's Montelongo Catarratto vi...
Nevio Scala: Còntame 2017
Wein
- €23,90
The Còntame completes Nevio's trio of different Garganega styles. He complements the immediately pressed Dilètto and the sparkling Gargante with an interpretation that has been in contact with its skins for the first fortnight. This gives the wine additional structure and a taut and powerful dime...
Fabio Ferracane, Elisir 2020
Wein
- €33,80
Before the wine of the same name was invented in Marsala in the 18th century and subsequently shipped almost exclusively to England, there was already a very similar style of wine in the region, although it was not fortified with high-proof alcohol, but harvested late and fermented without addit...
Čotar: Gorjansko 2019
Wein
- €44,90
data sheet Grape variety: Malvazija/Vitovska Vineyard: Terra Rossa, approx. 100 meters near the sea, 7000 sticks on the hectare, 600 gr. reading: By hand Fermentation: spontaneous | Wild yeast, 7-day mash fermentation in 2000 liters of open wooden tubs expansion: 24 months in 1500 liters of...
Aldo Viola: Shiva 2017
Wein
- €48,00
Cataratto has always been the workhorse among the island's white grape varieties, and you could taste it. Only recently have there been a small number of winegrowers who have really got to the bottom of the character of Catarratto and are breaking new ground. Aldo Viola is setting completely new ...
Pranzegg: GT 2020
Wein
- €39,90
Data sheet Grape variety: Gewürztraminer Vineyard: Porphyry, basalt, granite, topsoil sand, clay Harvest: By hand Fermentation: spontaneous | wild yeasts, 12 days with the skins in chestnut wood barrels Ageing: 2/3 in chestnut wood barrels, the rest in stainless steel tanks Filtration: no SO₂: &l...
40/40 Otro Andar Torrontes 2019
Wein
- €19,90
Torrontes is a highly flavoured variety. And as is so often the case with quite expressive varieties, a little maceration time is also worthwhile with Torrontes. "Not much at all, says Lucas Pfister from 40/40, a few days are enough. It's just about adding a few alternative flavours to its floral...