ORANGE features a selection of macerations which invigorate and excite. Offering examples so filigree and fine they could be classified as genre-defying, alongside those with enough flesh and grip to stand up to the most robust of cooking, few wines are as versatile on the table as these.
VINYER DE LA RUCA
La Plana de Guiu 2025
Catalonia, Spain
A blend of Macabeo and Garnacha Blanca with a touch of Moscatel from young vines planted some five hundred metres above sea level. The grapes were destemmed and the wine spent about a week fermenting on the skins, before being pressed off to vats to rest. The result is a deep amber wine with neat tannins which frame notes of citrus, earth and spice.
Macabeo, Garnacha Blanca, Moscatel
CANTINA GIARDINO
Paski 2022
Campania, Italy
From seventy year old vines of Coda di Volpe planted around four hundred and fifty metres above sea level, it spent four days on skins before being pressed off to chestnut casks for a year. Hazy, straw yellow in the glass, it pairs a trio of ripe fruit, petroleum and minerals to beautiful effect.
Coda di Volpe
GAZZETTA
Bianco Trilli 2024
Lazio, Italy
Roughly equal parts of Trebbiano and Procanico from forty year old vines in Bolsena. The wine fermented on the skins for four days, before being pressed to vats until the following spring. A gorgeous shade of gold, its plush tannins frame pure flavours of mirabella and minerals, making for a complex wine full of intrigue.
Trebbiano, Procanico