This is all over the place and probably past its prime. It's just plain weird and I don't mean the style. Upon opening, it was pretty much just bretty band-aid sauce, but (after opting to not send it down the drain) it was a lot more interesting after two days in the fridge... although still not great.
Bourbon colored... literally. Like, my wife actually walked in and said, "what the hell is going on and why are you drinking a wine glass full of Bourbon". This gave me expectations of pronounced depth and intensity, but this has a faded feel that almost seems like it was corked, despite no evidence from actually smelling the cork.
On the palate you get dried orange peels, saltanas, cloves, nutmeg, bruised orchard fruit, along with bretty iodine and light leathery notes. Outside of the label, you would never guess that this is 15%abv and the acidity keeps this surprisingly light on its feet. The problem is that the volume is just turned down, making me think that this might have been really great a few years back. The fan in me makes me want to think that this was corked or otherwise an off bottle.
My guess is that this bottle might be a bit of an outlier and it makes me want to try something more current.
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Gorgeous colour - almost like a brandy. The nose is amazingly intense and has me scratching my head for aromas - almost a hint of oud, tropical hard woods, incense, burnt orange, some minerality. Everything is laser like though - super clean and precise Silky palate with the slightly discombobulating feeling of orange wines of tannins on the background of white wine flavours.
This was a real treat, such an interesting but above all, well made wine
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Wow, amazing. Truly a great wine of the world. Insane balance in all respects — alcohol, acid, weight, tannin, intensity. Complex and meditative. Lemon zest, sandalwood, pencil lead, flan, caramel, cedar, jasmin. So balanced. A world class wine.
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15% Blend of Sauvignon blanc, Pinot gris, Chardonnay and Riesling italico grapes. Amber colour. Dried figs, tobacco, dried herbs, sea breeze and balsamic hints. Deep, sapid & balsamic with ripe tannins. Warm but without feeling the alcohol, balanced. Long finish with bitter almond aftertaste. It was hard to finish the bottle, freshness was missing. A sherry like wine.
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Cognac color. Mouthfilling intensity, steely dryness with notes of nectarine, honeycomb, bay leaf and dried corn. One of the most unique wines I've ever had. (This wine spends a year on the skins in amphora before being moved to cask for six years' aging prior to release.)
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No 1, 2008 Biacno Berg, Gravner, IGT, 15%: intense bright orange, spine woody, sweet orange and a hint of heat: medium+ acidity, dry, medium body, m+ alcohol, no tannin. very nutty long finish with a obvious long heat in the chest. Leafy on the palate, 7 years cellar aging. Long fermentation takes back the color, a hint of calcium.
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3/1/2024 - Seafoam Manor wrote:
This is all over the place and probably past its prime. It's just plain weird and I don't mean the style. Upon opening, it was pretty much just bretty band-aid sauce, but (after opting to not send it down the drain) it was a lot more interesting after two days in the fridge... although still not great.
Bourbon colored... literally. Like, my wife actually walked in and said, "what the hell is going on and why are you drinking a wine glass full of Bourbon". This gave me expectations of pronounced depth and intensity, but this has a faded feel that almost seems like it was corked, despite no evidence from actually smelling the cork.
On the palate you get dried orange peels, saltanas, cloves, nutmeg, bruised orchard fruit, along with bretty iodine and light leathery notes. Outside of the label, you would never guess that this is 15%abv and the acidity keeps this surprisingly light on its feet. The problem is that the volume is just turned down, making me think that this might have been really great a few years back. The fan in me makes me want to think that this was corked or otherwise an off bottle.
My guess is that this bottle might be a bit of an outlier and it makes me want to try something more current.
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6/1/2022 - Radders12345 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wine Pages Giro d’Italia Offline at 67PM (67 Pall Mall): Served in one of 67PMs Montrachet glasses which served it well. First time trying this producer - a leading exponent of amphora orange wines
Gorgeous colour - almost like a brandy.
The nose is amazingly intense and has me scratching my head for aromas - almost a hint of oud, tropical hard woods, incense, burnt orange, some minerality. Everything is laser like though - super clean and precise
Silky palate with the slightly discombobulating feeling of orange wines of tannins on the background of white wine flavours.
This was a real treat, such an interesting but above all, well made wine
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7/31/2020 - Madera16 Likes this wine:
Wow, amazing. Truly a great wine of the world. Insane balance in all respects — alcohol, acid, weight, tannin, intensity. Complex and meditative. Lemon zest, sandalwood, pencil lead, flan, caramel, cedar, jasmin. So balanced. A world class wine.
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9/11/2019 - Rollerball wrote: 84 Points
Lacking the edge you’d expect from a top-shelf orange wine. Interesting yes… But sherried as others have noted.
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7/6/2019 - skrabal.radek@gmail.com wrote: 96 Points
Complex palate with almost a chewy texture. Long finish. A bit like sherry with an almond finish. Surprisingly fades away with time and air.
Big and ripe. Meditative. Better to drink slightly more chilled or the 15% alcohol get's in the way.
Glass: Zalto White.
Overall: As orange as it gets.
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5/31/2019 - GArpaia wrote: 86 Points
15% Blend of Sauvignon blanc, Pinot gris, Chardonnay and Riesling italico grapes.
Amber colour. Dried figs, tobacco, dried herbs, sea breeze and balsamic hints.
Deep, sapid & balsamic with ripe tannins. Warm but without feeling the alcohol, balanced. Long finish with bitter almond aftertaste.
It was hard to finish the bottle, freshness was missing. A sherry like wine.
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11/9/2017 - LoireFan wrote: 90 Points
Even at $48, not a buy. No elegance or fun that earlier Gravner orange wines had. :( And 15% alc?!
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4/14/2017 - Neecies Likes this wine: 95 Points
Cognac color. Mouthfilling intensity, steely dryness with notes of nectarine, honeycomb, bay leaf and dried corn. One of the most unique wines I've ever had. (This wine spends a year on the skins in amphora before being moved to cask for six years' aging prior to release.)
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10/3/2016 - pipetree wrote:
No 1, 2008 Biacno Berg, Gravner, IGT, 15%: intense bright orange, spine woody, sweet orange and a hint of heat: medium+ acidity, dry, medium body, m+ alcohol, no tannin. very nutty long finish with a obvious long heat in the chest. Leafy on the palate, 7 years cellar aging. Long fermentation takes back the color, a hint of calcium.
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