Orange
Producer: Jean-Marc Dreyer
Region: Alsace, France
Grapes: Muscat
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Vinified in wholebunches in open vats for 7 days, then aged for between 9–11 months on the lees in foudres. Gentle perfume, lovely texture, and with a wonderful line of acidity keeps you going back for more.
Producer: Jean-Marc Dreyer
Region: Alsace, France
Grapes: Muscat, Auxerrois, Pinots Noir & Gris, Riesling, Sylvaner, Gewurztraminer
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13%
Size: 150cl bottle
Notes: MAGNUM This is a blend of some of the Origin wines and some of the un-macerated cuvées, taking the wine from each cuvée that won’t fit into the designated barrels, and ageing in its own demi-muid for a year. Usually kept for drinking at the next year’s harvest, this is enthralling. Full of punchy aromatics and some pithy tannins, balanced out by lip-smacking acidity. YUM!
Producer: ABRACADABRA, Hannah Fuellenkemper
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: 90% Viognier, 10% Muscat à petits grains (Carfagna - Pouzolles, Herault)
Style: White/Orange
Alc: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: The grapes are harvested from Mattia and Chiara’s plot in the Hérault. The Viognier is macerated in whole bunches in the direct press juice of the Muscat for 10 days. It begins with intense pineapple-y brightness and crunchy tannins, but as it opens up it becomes more peachy/apricoty with lovely bitter notes.
Producer: Les Bariolés
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: Ugni Blanc (negociant)
Style: White
Alc: 11.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Claire and Edo’s take on Ugni Blanc, vinified in three ways: 1/3 direct pressed, 1/3 whole bunch maceration for a whole day, 1/3 macerated for a week before blending. Full of freshness, this has gentle zippy stone fruit notes, with a slight hint of spice and a snappy green finish! Sunshine in a bottle.
Producer: ABRACADABRA, Hannah Fuellenkemper
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: Muscat PG (Carfagna – Pouzolles, Hérault), Gamay d'Auvergne (Lebleu – Blanzat, Puy-de-Dôme)
Style: Orange / Pink
Alc: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A ripasso-style wine made with whole bunches of Mattia Carfagna’s muscat; over Auvergnat gamay from Nicolas Lebleu for 7 days. This has notes of forced rhubarb, gentle fruit-forwardness, and a bloody mineral edge.
Producer: ABRACADABRA, Hannah Fuellenkemper
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: Viognier (Carfagna – Pouzolles, Hérault), Cinsault (Le Mazel – Valvigniers, Ardèche)
Style: Orange / Pink
Alc: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A blend of 1/3 viognier from Mattia Carfagna’s parcels in southern France, with cinsault from Le Mazel that is macerated in whole clusters for 10 days. Tart, vibrant fruit reminiscent of umeboshi with a creamy edge! This has a lovely pearlescent tingle on the palate.
Producer: L’Eau qui Dort - Lisa Le Postec & Paul Aublet-Cuvelier
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: 50% Ugni blanc (Charente), 50% Grenache blanc (Bedarieux)
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 150cl bottle
Notes: MAGNUM Another of Paul and Lisa’s ‘trempette’ style wines in this vintage! Some fruit is direct pressed, with whole bunches added to the juice to macerate before aging in fûts. This is full of salt, spritz and energy – with a lemon peel-like quality and a stony mineral edge.
Producer: L’Eau qui Dort - Lisa Le Postec & Paul Aublet-Cuvelier
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: 50% Ugni blanc (Charente), 50% Grenache blanc (Bedarieux)
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Another of Paul and Lisa’s ‘trempette’ style wines in this vintage! Some fruit is direct pressed, with whole bunches added to the juice to macerate before aging in fûts. This is full of salt, spritz and energy – with a lemon peel-like quality and a stony mineral edge.
Producer: Marie & Vincent Tricot
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Style: White/Orange
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Made from 2 plots of sauvignon blanc that are picked last during the harvest. One part is direct pressed, the other is macerated in whole bunches for 6 days, then blended. The wine is aged for 11 months in stoneware jars which impart a chalky mineral note to balance that lush tropical fruit, and vibrant acidity. One to drink slowly, and perfect as a final bottle for evening!
Producer: Mattia Carfagna, Les
Region: Auvergne, France
Grapes: 50% Marsanne, 40% Viognier, 5% Muscat à petits grains, 5% Grenache blanc
Style: White/Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 14%
Notes: This is from a plot in the Hérault that Mattia and Chiara bought a few years ago to help supplement their grape production. All the grapes are macerated together for a month with daily (sometimes twice daily) pigeages. This is a big, punchy orange wine, with lovely aromatics, dense tannins, and opens up wonderfully. Mattia summed it up very well: "Un vin très complexe, pas à boire tous les jours mais avec un caractère unique, réglisse et pêche confite enrobé de tanins à boire avec une côte de cochon ou avec des fromages ou bien tout seul après un grand repas devant la cheminée."
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Altesse (Mica-schist, Albertville), Moscato (Asti, Piemonte)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A special bottle that unites fruit from both sides of the Alps. Jean-Yve has blended his Altesse with Moscato di Asti from Giorgio Barbero. Both varieties macerate together, with a month of regular pigeage. This has aged for 4(!) years in barrels. Floral and heady, this has notes of spiced roasted plums in wine; an undertone of stony minerality, and an incredibly long finish. One to share with the aficianados.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Altesse (Mica-schist, Albertville)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 10%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A most intriguing and lifted take on this classic from Jean-Yves. The fruit comes from older vines in Conflans, with 2 months of pigeage before aging in large barrels. An incredibly drinkable iteration – cooked stone fruit and caramel, waves of minerality and a moreish acidity!
Producer: La Vigne Sauvage, David Humbert
Region: Haute Savoie, France
Grapes: Chasselas
Style: Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 10.9%
Notes: David macerates the fruit for 1 month, and racks the wine a couple of months before bottling. Fruit for this cuvée comes from David’s Marin plot that he makes L’insouciance (his direct-pressed chasselas) from. Unripe apricot and stone fruit, with secondary notes of noyaux/almonds – this will be lovely with a tartiflette.
Producer: Jean-Yves Péron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Moscato (Giorgio Barbero, Asti)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Whole bunches of moscato from Asti macerate for 2 months, then aged a year in barrels. Heady, floral aromatics with earthy tannin, and a wonderul salinity makes this highly drinkable.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Altesse
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A lighter wine than previous years – only altesse from Albertville went into the making of Grande Journée this vintage. Whole bunches macerate for 2 months with regular pigeage, then aged for a year in barrels. This is distinctly saline and mineral, with herby and resinous aromatics and a firm tannic grip.
Producer: Jean-Yves Péron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Roussanne
Style: Orange
Alc.: 14.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Whole bunches of roussanne planted on mica-schist soils macerate for 15 days, and then aged for a year in large 12HL foudres. This vintage has alot more subtlety compared to previous vintages – paler in colour and texture, but with pine-y aromatics and tannin.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Moscato (Asti, negociant)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 14.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Here the Moscato is macerated for 3 months on the skins with regular pigeage, and then aged 1 year in old barrels. Heady with floral aromatics on the nose, this is pithy with bitter orange notes on the palate.
Producer:Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Cortese (Asti, Piemonte)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Cortese from Giorgio Barbero macerates for 2 weeks before aging in foudres. Notes of unripe pear and gooseberry – the white pepper notes unique to Cortese functions more as a secondary note in this vintage.
Producer:Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Jacquère, Roussanne
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: The grapes here are from two different plots, one in Chignin and the other in Conflans. The grapes are macerated for about 2 weeks and then aged in a mix of different sized barrels for a year. This is less rich and dense than previous vintages, the fruit feels more lifted and there’s some brightness to balance out the maceration.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Jacquere, Altesse, Roussanne, Muscat, Grignet (from all terroirs)
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 150cl bottle
Notes: This is a blend of the last of all the barrels from the above grapes. It’s beautifully aromatic, with warm sunny fruit, and a delightful tannic bite.
Producer: Jean-Yves Péron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Cortese (Giorgio Barbero, Asti)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Wholebunch maceration of Piemontese cortese, aged for a year in large foudres. Gentle spiced notes of white pepper, with a subtle grip and soft acidity. Lovely as an aperitif.
Producer: Jean-Yves Péron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Favorita (Giorgio Babero, Asti)
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A 2-week maceration of favorita, or vermentino, pressed off and aged in 300L barrels before bottling. Mango and payaya, with a subtle pithy grip. Great now, incredible to have as the weather properly warms up!
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Moscato (Giorgio Barbero, Asti)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 14%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A wonderfully balanced take on Moscato di Asti – Péron’s classic 2-weeks’ whole cluster maceration, with pigeage for 3 months after before aging in 300L barrels. Gentle floral aromatics with tropical fruit, a saline quality, and tea-like tannin on the finish.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Jacquère (Limestone Clay)
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A 2-week maceration of Jacquère, with regular pigeage for a month after. More extraction, more spice, and a tannic grip compared to Petite Robe. This new iteration has alot more fruit from the warm vintage, with subtle but rich oolong-like notes on the finish.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Jacquere, Altesse, Roussanne
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From 3 plots with distinctly different soil types – Alvertville (mica-schist), Fréterive (limestone-scree), and Chignin (limestone). Whole bunches macerate for 2 months with regular pigeage, then aged for 3 years in 300L barrels. Resinous aromatics, balsa wood-like tannin, and stewed stone fruit on the finish. This is a heady, complex wine that unfurls slowly.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Jacquere, Altesse, Roussanne
Style: Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 11%
Notes: Fruit from 2 plots, one in Albertville on mica-schiste soils, the other in Fréterive on limestone scree. Whole bunches are macerated for up to 2 months with regular pigeage for extraction, then aged for a year in 300L barrels. A wine of texture and structure – angular tannin giving way to soft bruised fruit and a rounded finish.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Jacquère (Limestone Clay)
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Jacquère from Jean-Yves’ plots located at foot of Mt. Granier. Still a fresh and bright take on macerated Jacquère – 2023 was a warm vintage, and this has imparted a rounded quality to the wine, bringing out the variety’s fruitier qualities.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Muscat à Petit Grains (Mica-schist, Albertville)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 11.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: 2 weeks’ maceration of Muscat, before it is pressed and aged in large barrels for a year. Fruit comes from Jean-Yves’ tiny parcel of Muscat in Albertville. This iteration has surprisingly restrained aromatics, and is incredibly drinkable. Ripe stone fruit, finishing with a gentle grip and lick of salt. Delicious.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Altesse
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From some of their older vines planted on schist in Conflans. The Altesse is macerated for 3 months with regular pigeage, and then aged a year in old barrels. This feels a touch lighter and more lifted than previous vintages, there’s more minerality and salinity and some more heady fruit.
Producer: Jean-Yves Peron
Region: Haute-Savoie, France
Grapes: Altesse, Roussanne
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: One of JYP’s biggest wines. A later than usual harvest has given this richness and depth, added to by long, gentle maceration and long ageing in barrels.
Producer: La Vigne du Perron
Region: Bugey, France
Grapes: Chardonnay
Style: Orange
Alc.: 10.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Deep, brooding wine from four weeks of maceration and barrel ageing. François’ characteristic acidity and minerality helping to bring balance.
Producer: Catherine Bernard
Region: Languedoc, France
Grapes: Terret Bouret
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A macerated wine from Catherine’s old vines of Terret Bouret, which spends 1 week on the skins, before ageing in glass demijohns. This leans into the herbaceous and stone fruit notes of Terret, with some gentle tannin and a mineral finish.
Producer: L'Absurde Génie des Fleurs
Region: Hérault, France
Grapes: Terret Gris & Blanc
Style: White / Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc: 11.5%
Notes: Tom and Miha combined both varieties of terret in this vintage to make this lovely number. Bright yuzu and kumquat-like fruit notes, with a lovely saline quality, and a touch of sweetness on the finish… great as an aperitif!
Producer: L'Absurde Génie des Fleurs
Region: Hérault, France
Grapes: Chardonnay, Cinsault, Aramon
Style: White / Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc: 11.5%
Notes: Peachy fruit from a 4-day maceration of chardonnay combined with some lovely darker stone fruit notes via the direct-pressed cinsault and aramon. This is fuller and riper than the 2023, greengages with some fresh zip at the finish.
Producer: Monsieur Petit
Region: Languedoc, France
Grapes: 70% Chardonnay, 30% Grenache Blanc
Style: Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 13%
Notes: A blend of Chardonnay from 2023 and Grenache Blanc from 2025; both harvested from neighbours in the Hérault. Both macerated for a few days and with a bit of barrel ageing. This is a very easygoing orange with subtle aromatics, lovely peach-like qualities and a herbal, green edge.
Producer: Domaine Carterole
Region: Roussillon, France
Grapes: Grenache Gris, Grenache Noir
Style: White / Orange
Alc: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Equal parts grenache gris and noir from Joachim’s original plots in Collioure. The fruit is macerated together for 15 days, before being aged in fibreglass tanks for 7 months. Pithy but fruit-driven, with notes of cooked quince and plums, and a saline finish.
Producer: Julien Peyras
Region: Languedoc, France
Grapes: Roussanne, Clairette, Grenache Blanc
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 12.8%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Julien macerated the Roussane and Grenache together this vintage, until the juice began to colour (about 3 days), and then blended this with direct press juice of the Clairette. This is warm and sunny, full of fruit and balanced by the bite of bitter orange and almond.
Producer: Mas Coutelou
Region: Languedoc, France
Grapes: Muscat d’Alexandrie
Style: White
Alc.: 13.92%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Harvested in the early morning. Destemmed and macerated 5 week, with very little pigeage and remotage. This is from the free run juice only. Perfumed and heady on the nose, with a salty apricot-y finish.
Producer: Mas Coutelou
Region: Languedoc, France
Grapes: Macabeu
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Coming from two plots, the fruit from Peilhan is macerated for 10 days and the fruit from Metaieries for 15 days. It is then aged on the lees in 15HL concrete eggs. Distinctly Macabeu, with its spice and herbal notes, this opens up beautifully and develops a isotonic salty finish.
Producer: Domaine Carterole
Region: Roussillon, France
Grapes: Vermentino
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A most exquisite orange from Joachim – that keeps getting better with every vintage. A long 6-month maceration in amphora, this Vermentino from the Côte Vermeille has wonderful aromatics, dense ripe stone fruit, and a complex salinity. One to savour slowly.
Producer: Le Temps Retrouvé
Region: Roussillon, France
Grapes: Grenache Gris
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A special cuvée made by Michaël and his son Raphaël. The grapes were destemmed carefully by hand and placed whole in barrels, macerated for several months through daily rotations of the barrels. The wine was then aged like this for 2 years. After the barrels were opened up and the juice and press juice were blended, and aged a further 6 months in cement eggs. This is heady and aromatic, with delicate tannins and a long salty finish.
Producer: Domaine Saurigny
Region: Loire, France
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Style: White, Orange
Alc.: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Another year, another new label but a familiar cuvée name from a few years ago. Here Jérôme gently macerates the grapes on the skins for about 10 days, before ageing on the lees. This is bright and fresh with acidity, and you’re met straight away by familiar Sauvignon notes (a touch of elderflower perhaps…). It opens up into denser, richer fruit, with some pithy tannins.
Producer: Domaine des Maisons Brulées
Region: Loire, France
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Whole bunches are macerated in some juice for 3 weeks, then aged in a mix of tanks and old smaller barrels. A deep and rich wine from Paul and Corinne; heady citrus notes, with a full pithy texture.
Producer: Cà de Noci
Region: Emilia Romagna, Italy
Grapes: Moscato, Malvasia Aromatica, Spergola
Style: Orange
Alc.: 11.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A very welcome return of this wine for us. The grapes are destemmed and macerated for 20 days, and then aged on the lees in old acacia barrels. On the nose you can feel the aromatic varieties, reminiscent of elderflowers and a bit of jasmine. The palate has a pithy bite from the maceration, with a lovely lick of acidity for balance.
Producer: Altura Vigneto
Region: Toscana, Italy
Grapes: Ansonaco
Style: Orange
Alc.: 14%
Size: 75cl bottle
Note: One of the biggest orange wines we have, partly due to the thick skinned grapes and the absence of rain. The vines grow close to the sea, so there is always an element of salt and ozone to this wine. Full of Seville orange, bitter almond, and acacia…this can be decanted and do not get it too cold!
Producer: Altura Vigneto
Region: Toscana, Italy
Grapes: Ansonaco
Style: Orange
Alc.: 14%
Size: 150cl bottle
Note: MAGNUM One of the biggest orange wines we have, partly due to the thick skinned grapes and the absence of rain. The vines grow close to the sea, so there is always an element of salt and ozone to this wine. Full of Seville orange, bitter almond, and acacia…this can be decanted and do not get it too cold!
Producer: Pacina
Region: Toscana, Italy
Grapes: 50% Malvasia del Chianti, 50% Trebbiano Toscano
Style: Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 13%
Notes: Equal parts Malvasia and Trebbiano undergo a 10-day maceration in concrete tanks before the wine is aged in a mix of large, and small acacia, oak and cherry barrels. More pith, spice, and secondary herbal notes are abound in this new vintage of Cerretina. One to have with a hearty fish stew… maybe a cacciucco!
Producer: Davide Spillare
Region: Veneto, Italy
Grapes: Garganega
Style: White/Orange
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From Davide’s oldest vines, around 70 years old, grown on the volcanic slopes in Gambellara. The grapes are macerated for about 5 days in open top tanks, before pressing and ageing in old barrels. This is deep and unctuous, with some pithy seville orange marmalade notes.
Producer:Davide Spillare
Region: Veneto, Italy
Grapes: Garganega
Style: White
Alc: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From Davide’s some of older vines, a portion of this is lightly macerated and aged in old barrels, giving it a touch of richness and texture.
Producer: Malauva
Region: Umbria, Italy
Grapes: Procanico, Drupeggio, Verdello, Malvasia
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Spiced citrus with a real toothsome grip coming from the long maceration and aging. One to share, and to drink slowly. A special wine from a special parcel planted in the 1950s, with vines 'married' (trained along the branches) to fruit trees in the Etruscan method.
Producer: Klinec
Region: Brda, Slovenia
Grapes: Tokaj Friuliano
Style: Orange
Alc: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Aleks’ classic recipe for vinifying his tokaj: 4-days on skins, frequent pigeage, and then 36 months in acacia barrels. This is a touch darker and more brooding than the 2018, and is a more distinctly mineral take on Slovenian tokaj. Smoke and salt, and bright apricot-like acidity on the finish.
Producer: Klinec
Region: Brda, Slovenia
Grapes: Rebula
Style: Orange
Alc: 12%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Aleks macerates the rebula (ribolla gialla) for 14 days with frequent pigeage, and then moves the wine into acacia barrels to age for 36 months. This is grippy, mineral, lingering and complex – earthy notes that give way to hints of bright but subtle stone fruit. This benefits from being decanted.
Producer: Klinec
Region: Brda, Slovenia
Grapes: Pinot Grigio
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: The pinot grigio spends 5 days on skins before it is pressed off and aged for 36 months ageing in acacia barrels. Notes of toffee apple that gives way to a sublime chalk-like minerality. This broadens up with aeration, and becomes very opulent!
Producer: Karl & Eva Schnabel
Region: Südsteiermark, Austria
Grapes: Chardonnay (Morillon)
Style: Orange
Alc: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From a small plot of Morillon (Chardonnay) planted in the Hochegg vineyard. Macerated until the end of fermentation, so around 2 weeks, then aged in old wood with occasional battonage for 1 year. There is an intense richness to this wine but it is not overbearing, everything is in balance. Perfect for the table.
Producer: Karl & Eva Schnabel
Region: Südsteiermark, Austria
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Style: Orange
Alc: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: This is made with fruit bought from a friend who works organically not far from the Slovenian border to the south of their own vineyards. The fruit is macerated until the end of fermentation, so around 2 weeks, then aged in old oak barrels with occasional battonage for 1 year. The maceration gives a lovely balance to the ripe Sauvignon fruit. Quite dense in texture and dark in colour but still has lovely acidity and minerality to balance out the heady fruit.
Producer: La Gutina
Region: Catalunya, Spain
Grapes: Garnacha Tinta
Style: Pink / Orange
Alc.: 11.3%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: We’re never quite sure whether to list this as a pink or an orange wine, but it is marked as a “rosat” on the label. The garnacha is destemmed and macerated for 3 hours. The result is pinkish in colour, with a real pithy, grapefruit like tannin and acidity. Regardless of where on a wine list it should go, it is absolutely delicious!
Producer: Albert Domingo Navarro, Celler Tuets
Region: Catalunya, Spain
Grapes: Garnatxa Blanca
Style: Orange
Alc.: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From Albert’s ‘Serra de L’Eloi’ plot, the grapes are macerated on their skins for 3 weeks in amphora, and then aged a further 9 months in amphora. This is a touch fuller and more ripe than the 2022 vintage. There’s more marmelade-y depth, while still retaining the refreshing quality.
Producer: Albert Domingo Navarro, Celler Tuets
Region: Catalunya, Spain
Grapes: Pansa Blanca & Rosada (Oriol Artigas), Parellada (Celler Tuets), Garnatxa Gris (Celler Frisach)
Style: Orange
Alc.: 11%
Size: 150cl bottle
Notes: A collaboration between Albert and two other Catalan producers–Oriol Artigas and Francesc & Joan of Celler Frisach. Equal parts of the three grapes macerated together for 3 months. The resulting wine is light orange and dusky; a beautifully tonic and invigorating wine.
Producer: Albert Domingo Navarro, Celler Tuets
Region: Catalunya, Spain
Grapes: Garnatxa Blanca
Style: Orange
Alc.: 10.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From Albert’s ‘Serra de L’Eloi’ plot, the grapes are macerated on their skins for 3 weeks in amphora, and then aged a further 9 months in amphora. Full of the lovely ripe fruit you’d expect from Grenache blanc, this is balanced by lovely minerality and acidity.
Producer: La Zafra
Region: Alicante, Spain
Grapes: Messeguera
Style: White / Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Alc.: 13.5%
Notes: A 6-day maceration of messeguera, aged in stainless steel tanks. This has white pepper and dried mango-like notes, with gentle tannin and a lick of acidity – perfect with a plate of fried sardines, or a saffron scented stew.
Producer: Vicent Tomàs, Celler Tomàs Torres
Region: Valencia, Spain
Grapes: Tortosi
Style: White
Alc: 12.5%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Short skin maceration gives this a wonderful savoury herbal note. The tannins are fine and balanced by the fruit.
Producer: Vicent Tomàs, Celler Tomàs Torres
Region: Valencia, Spain
Grapes: Malvasia
Style: White, Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: This short maceration of Malvasia is delightfully aromatic and floral as the label suggests.
Producer: Sous Le Vegetal
Region: Samos, Greece
Grapes: Muscat de Samos
Style: White / Orange
Alc.: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: The Muscat here is from two plots on the slopes of Mount Karvounis and Agii Sarandides, deep basalt and quartz soils. Maceration for 7 days, and then aged in old barrels and amphora. This is heady on the nose, and on the palate there are honeyed floral notes and some richness from the barrel ageing.
Producer: Anton van Klopper, Lucy M.
Region: Adelaide Hills, Australia
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Style: Orange, Sparkling
Alc.: 11%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: From a plot in Totness planted on black sandy soil. Macerated for 14 days on the skins and fermented in ceramic eggs, this has wonderful aromatic fruit and some citric tannins.
Producer:Sam Vinciullo
Region: Margaret River, Australia
Grapes: Sauvignon Blanc
Style: White/Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: Sam does 5 or so different pickings from these vines that he eventually assembles. Although this spends a week macerating on the skins, it is light, fresh and salty.
Producer:Sam Vinciullo
Region: Margaret River, Australia
Grapes: Chenin Blanc
Style: White/Orange
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: This sees about a week of maceration on the skins, which lends the finished wine some texture and richness. This is deep and dark in the glass, with some heady aromatics and lots of herbaceousness.
Producer: Patrick Meyer
Region: Alsace, France
Grapes: Pinot Gris
Style: Orange
Alc.: 13%
Size: 75cl bottle
Notes: A classic from the Meyer family – notes of guava, iron-like minerality and a gentle grip on the finish. Compared to the 2022, the 2023 vintage is more aromatic and feels more fruit-driven. One to have with spicy dishes.