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.
GAZZETTA
Bianco Peppino 2024
Lazio, Italy
A blend of Trebbiano, Malvasia and Procanico from forty year old vines planted over volcanic soils. This spent five days on the skins, before ten months of rest in vats, producing a pale, pristine wine which refreshes with citrus, salt and spice.
Trebbiano, Procanico, Malvasia
ALEX DELLA VECCHIA
Grinton Bianc 2023
Veneto, Italy
A blend of two thirds Moscato and one third Chardonnay from twenty year old vines planted over volcanic soils in the Colli Euganei. The former was pressed directly, whilst the latter was destemmed and fermented on the skins for a month, before being pressed to vats for a year of rest. A brilliant shade of gold, this joyful little wine offers delicate notes of citrus and wild flowers, a hint of tannin and no shortage of refreshment.
Moscato, Chardonnay
AJOLA
Bianco #3 2023
Umbria, Italy
A blend of Procanico, Trebbiano, Malvasia and Verdello planted over clay and limestone in Pitigliano. The grapes were fermented as whole bunches for three weeks, before being pressed to vats for a year of rest. A beautiful shade of gold, this is compact and elegant, with neat tannins framing notes of citrus, smoke and chalk.
Procanico, Trebbiano, Malvasia Toscana, Verdello