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.
JACOPO STIGLIANO
Buriana 2022
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
In the Bolognese dialect, Buriana describes a sort of melting pot, a kind of beautiful chaos. This wine comes from two gorgeous old parcels planted over clay and limestone. Over a dozen white varieties grow together, are picked together and fermented on the skins for eight days, before being pressed to concrete vats for two years of ageing. A brilliant shade of gold in the glass, its fine tannins frame complex notes of stone fruits, citrus, saffron and spice, making for a wine that speaks of another age, offering something truly unique.
Procanico, Malvasia, Roscetto, Pedino, Vermentino, Romanesco, Ansonica
CANTINA GIARDINO
T’ara rà 2022
Campania, Italy
Greco from Santa Paolina and one of the highest vineyards in Campania at 650 metres above sea level. The grapes were fermented on their skins for four days, before a year of ageing in old barrels of chestnut. From soils of tufo, this is compact and elegant, with firm tannins and pronounced notes of smoke, mandarin and spice.
Greco
LE COSTE
Bianco 2022
Lazio, Italy
Mostly Procanico with the balance being made up of Malvasia, Roscetto, Pedino, Vermentino, Romanesco and Ansonica from vineyards young and old. From a cooler vintage, this saw a shorter maceration of just five days, before being pressed off to old casks for a year of élevage. Straw yellow in the glass, this is wonderfully light on its feet, with delicate notes of lemon zest, sea salt and minerals offering refreshment in spades.
Procanico, Malvasia, Roscetto, Pedino, Vermentino, Romanesco, Ansonica