From glass. Color: now that is an *orange* wine! Amber orange. At first nectary and sweaty on the nose, but later sweeter apricots - full and inviting. Palate: florals and nectars, petroly background, a kind of grilled citrus feel. Some of the tannins that you get in this kind of skin-contact wine. But all with attractive sharpness, fullness - like a guillotine blade, sharp and full. Quite liked it.
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Opened 24 hours decanted 5 hours. On the first sniff I got the scent of the pink lady apple that I had earlier today. Then orange marmalade, some kind of fresh red plum, not at all like red wine, more straight off the tree. Also kind of a liqueur sensation. It was suggested to me nail polish and that is bang on. Bone dry on the palette. Light old red wine like mouthfeel. Decayed or badly bruised apple on the attack. Bitter marmalade and orange rind on the finish. Perhaps some smokiness. Reminds me of some of the 40+ year old Piedmont reds I’ve had this year in some ways. Like nothing I’ve ever had before. Cerebral.
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Opened the day prior and decanted for five hours. A stunning shade of medium amber in the glass. On first inspection it became abundantly clear that this was a wine with incredible levels of nuance and complexity. Unquestionably kaleidoscope. A touch of volatile acidity and a slightly resinous nose upon opening with hints of nail varnish remover that fell away following the decant to reveal orange rind, bitter marmalade, blood orange, orange blossom, honeysuckle, candied yellow fruits, dried chopped apricots, and a feint botrytised character. This mesmerising wine moves through so many different phases on the palate. You perceive, anticipate, and then become fully wedded to one thing and the wines shows you the exact opposite. The density and richness send you one way just as austere, deeply savoury characteristics and phenolic bitterness drag you back the other. The 14% alcohol is unrecognisable as a fine thread of acidity runs throughout the wine. Only after the finish do you recognise flavours that you didn’t discern on the palate. Texturally speaking and owning to the extended maceration this sits somewhere in the mature red wine camp where the tannins are mostly resolved, there’s generous mid palate density, and a finish reminiscent of mature Sauternes minus the sweetness. A fascinating journey and a truly outstanding wine that brilliantly synthesises many complex flavours into one harmonious offering.
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Drunk alongside a 2013 Radikon Ribolla in an unserious attempt to stir controversy. EYE: bronze. No haze. NOSE: mellifluous. Sweet, nutty elixir. Brightly peach and plum. Swimsuits in a hamper. Wood ear mushrooms. No VA. MOUTH: Landscape-width texture, combed, pending golden hour. It’s restrained at first, then after chewing, it ruptures along frayed seams that taste husky and tannic. Pecan pith. It’s at this point that it relinquishes glass-dense, golden fruit bodies bearing juicy acidity. The drink is governed by its terracotta textures and structures. The fruit is muscular and pressurized, but it never turns sweet or tart. Cinnamon candy shell. Mint. This is a poised, polite creature. It has authority and uncompromising challenges to offer for habituated drinkers of late-disgorged Champagne, mature Meursault, or pirate stashes of golden rancio. It is cultured and fine. Remember to chew it. I find it fit for keeping another decade. 96 points. TIME: I left the bottle resealed on the table over night. It’s 99% of what it was yesterday, the luxuriant sheen of fruit satin is a ever so slightly stressed, though not yet ready to crack. Pretty impressive for an eleven year-old.
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Color: dark orange Nose: here's where this shines. I get yellow plum, dry apricot, almond, mint and licorice, then as the wine opens up also lots of yellow rose and violet. There is an oxidative note with raisin. Plastic film Palate: Medium-high acidity and what i can only describe as resolved tannin. Confirms the nose with freshness and deep yellow plum and almond. Good minerality Finish: long
Not super balanced with a little alcohol burn but aromatically a bombshell. Let me be clear that this needs to be decanted like a Barolo from the same year: half a day plus, slow ox welcome. If you don't decant at this stage imo you are wasting it. I think this wine is built like a tank and can go decades more
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Fermented spontaneously with the skins in clay amphorae buried underground. After the fermentation and long maceration, the wine was pressed and returned to age for another 5 months in amphorae. After aging in amphorae, the wine was transferred to old botti casks, in which the wine was aged for 6 years. Bottled without fining, filtration or sulfites. 14% alcohol.
Pale bronze color. Sweet, complex and subtly volatile nose with aromas of phenolic resinous character, some nutty notes of roasted chestnuts and walnuts, a little bit of cloudberry, light sweet notes of apple jam, beeswax and caramel, a lifted hint of nail polish and a touch of candied orange zest. The wine is dry, firm and slightly oily on the palate with a medium body and layered, savory flavors of beeswax and almond-driven nuttiness, some cantaloupe, light phenolic notes of resinous character, a little bit of blood orange, oxidative hints of apple core and caramel and a lifted touch of nail polish. The overall feel is very harmonious with high acidity and gently grippy tannins. The finish is long, dry and subtly grippy with complex, layered flavors of honeydew melon, nectarine and beeswax, some nutty tones, a little bit of ripe tangerine and sweet apple jam, light umami-savory notes of MSG, an evolved hint of Marsala-like complexity and a lifted touch of ethery VA.
A fascinating, complex and very balanced orange wine. Perhaps not the most fascinating or exceptional skin-contact white I've tasted, but a very harmonious and delicious effort all the same. Interestingly the wine felt slightly more evolved and volatile on the first day and came across much more vibrant and less evolved on the next day; based on this observation, I'd say the wine really benefits from breathing or even some decanting, even though it might not be that obvious from the get-go. Although starting to a little bit of evolved, subtly oxidative character, the wine is surprisingly youthful for an amber wine at +10 years of age - most likely this will continue to improve for at least a handful of years more. Expect the score to inch up another point or two as the wine ages. Perhaps a bit pricey for the quality at 70€, though.
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It's in orange color. White pepper, blood orange, orange flower, wax, honeysuckle aromas on the nose. Slightly meaty, strawberry leave and sweet orange flavours wrapped a tiny bit of tannin due to the long-time maceration. Its high alcohol and Glycerol build up a bold body. Sadly, such a tricky, flamboyant wine is somehow unbalanced attribute to its lower acidity, which shows a hot feeling. But this little flaw could not shade its loveliness. Decant in bottle for hal an hour before drinking, even so the last sip of this bottle is still lively young three hours after open-up. I guess it might even be better if kept to the following days. Suggest to keep for another decade or more.
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Deep orange w/copper hue. Notes of orange peel, bruised red apple, dried apricot. There is also a hint of nail polish remover in my opinion. The roundness, almost honey richness (but it is not sweet), is really well balanced with acidity. A very unique wine, even for a orange wine.
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After about 2.5 hours a lot of the wood varnish, acerbic nose softened and revealed some caramel/honey citrus fruit and bruised apples. Palate needed a little time to tone down and fill in as well - dried apricot, kefir, blood orange peel, caramel green apple. Interesting stuff - may need some working up to for the not so often orange wine drinker.
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Orange (duh) color with a clear varnish visual. Had ripe tropical and orchid fruits. Obvious notes of oxidation but it's reined in and controlled. Palate has the same tropical fruit flavors, with a tiny hint of sweetness. This reminds me of a dry Sauterne (like a Y from Yquem). Educational, and fun to sip on before the game.
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A rich tawny hue. Pronounced ripened apricot and mango aromas, and a slight briny character, and even beery. The beery characters show more on the palate, with some starfruit, guava, and bruised apple. Quite some nice fruits at the back, but it leads to a certain sharp bitterness that’s too much for me. Objectively a good wine, but guess it’s not mine
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Hard to score because orange wines have so few precedents. Overly phenolic middle acid levels alcoholic and uncomplex. Dont buy this unless youre into this kinda thing, or masochism
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Very Gravner with cool varnish. Nice acid and grip. Orange peel bitters. Lovely balance. Precision. Floral is perfumed and dope. Has a drip dripy drop drop vibe.
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5/12/2022 - Necowine wrote: 89 Points
From glass. Color: now that is an *orange* wine! Amber orange. At first nectary and sweaty on the nose, but later sweeter apricots - full and inviting. Palate: florals and nectars, petroly background, a kind of grilled citrus feel. Some of the tannins that you get in this kind of skin-contact wine. But all with attractive sharpness, fullness - like a guillotine blade, sharp and full. Quite liked it.
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10/30/2021 - Amberissey Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened 24 hours decanted 5 hours. On the first sniff I got the scent of the pink lady apple that I had earlier today. Then orange marmalade, some kind of fresh red plum, not at all like red wine, more straight off the tree. Also kind of a liqueur sensation. It was suggested to me nail polish and that is bang on. Bone dry on the palette. Light old red wine like mouthfeel. Decayed or badly bruised apple on the attack. Bitter marmalade and orange rind on the finish. Perhaps some smokiness. Reminds me of some of the 40+ year old Piedmont reds I’ve had this year in some ways. Like nothing I’ve ever had before. Cerebral.
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10/29/2021 - paintinginacave Likes this wine: 94 Points
Opened the day prior and decanted for five hours. A stunning shade of medium amber in the glass. On first inspection it became abundantly clear that this was a wine with incredible levels of nuance and complexity. Unquestionably kaleidoscope. A touch of volatile acidity and a slightly resinous nose upon opening with hints of nail varnish remover that fell away following the decant to reveal orange rind, bitter marmalade, blood orange, orange blossom, honeysuckle, candied yellow fruits, dried chopped apricots, and a feint botrytised character. This mesmerising wine moves through so many different phases on the palate. You perceive, anticipate, and then become fully wedded to one thing and the wines shows you the exact opposite. The density and richness send you one way just as austere, deeply savoury characteristics and phenolic bitterness drag you back the other. The 14% alcohol is unrecognisable as a fine thread of acidity runs throughout the wine. Only after the finish do you recognise flavours that you didn’t discern on the palate. Texturally speaking and owning to the extended maceration this sits somewhere in the mature red wine camp where the tannins are mostly resolved, there’s generous mid palate density, and a finish reminiscent of mature Sauternes minus the sweetness. A fascinating journey and a truly outstanding wine that brilliantly synthesises many complex flavours into one harmonious offering.
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10/14/2021 - Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 96 Points
Drunk alongside a 2013 Radikon Ribolla in an unserious attempt to stir controversy.
EYE: bronze. No haze. NOSE: mellifluous. Sweet, nutty elixir. Brightly peach and plum. Swimsuits in a hamper. Wood ear mushrooms. No VA.
MOUTH: Landscape-width texture, combed, pending golden hour. It’s restrained at first, then after chewing, it ruptures along frayed seams that taste husky and tannic. Pecan pith. It’s at this point that it relinquishes glass-dense, golden fruit bodies bearing juicy acidity. The drink is governed by its terracotta textures and structures. The fruit is muscular and pressurized, but it never turns sweet or tart. Cinnamon candy shell. Mint. This is a poised, polite creature. It has authority and uncompromising challenges to offer for habituated drinkers of late-disgorged Champagne, mature Meursault, or pirate stashes of golden rancio. It is cultured and fine. Remember to chew it. I find it fit for keeping another decade. 96 points.
TIME: I left the bottle resealed on the table over night. It’s 99% of what it was yesterday, the luxuriant sheen of fruit satin is a ever so slightly stressed, though not yet ready to crack. Pretty impressive for an eleven year-old.
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4/11/2021 - stet Likes this wine: 92 Points
Color: dark orange
Nose: here's where this shines. I get yellow plum, dry apricot, almond, mint and licorice, then as the wine opens up also lots of yellow rose and violet. There is an oxidative note with raisin. Plastic film
Palate: Medium-high acidity and what i can only describe as resolved tannin. Confirms the nose with freshness and deep yellow plum and almond. Good minerality
Finish: long
Not super balanced with a little alcohol burn but aromatically a bombshell. Let me be clear that this needs to be decanted like a Barolo from the same year: half a day plus, slow ox welcome. If you don't decant at this stage imo you are wasting it. I think this wine is built like a tank and can go decades more
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4/7/2021 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points
Fermented spontaneously with the skins in clay amphorae buried underground. After the fermentation and long maceration, the wine was pressed and returned to age for another 5 months in amphorae. After aging in amphorae, the wine was transferred to old botti casks, in which the wine was aged for 6 years. Bottled without fining, filtration or sulfites. 14% alcohol.
Pale bronze color. Sweet, complex and subtly volatile nose with aromas of phenolic resinous character, some nutty notes of roasted chestnuts and walnuts, a little bit of cloudberry, light sweet notes of apple jam, beeswax and caramel, a lifted hint of nail polish and a touch of candied orange zest. The wine is dry, firm and slightly oily on the palate with a medium body and layered, savory flavors of beeswax and almond-driven nuttiness, some cantaloupe, light phenolic notes of resinous character, a little bit of blood orange, oxidative hints of apple core and caramel and a lifted touch of nail polish. The overall feel is very harmonious with high acidity and gently grippy tannins. The finish is long, dry and subtly grippy with complex, layered flavors of honeydew melon, nectarine and beeswax, some nutty tones, a little bit of ripe tangerine and sweet apple jam, light umami-savory notes of MSG, an evolved hint of Marsala-like complexity and a lifted touch of ethery VA.
A fascinating, complex and very balanced orange wine. Perhaps not the most fascinating or exceptional skin-contact white I've tasted, but a very harmonious and delicious effort all the same. Interestingly the wine felt slightly more evolved and volatile on the first day and came across much more vibrant and less evolved on the next day; based on this observation, I'd say the wine really benefits from breathing or even some decanting, even though it might not be that obvious from the get-go. Although starting to a little bit of evolved, subtly oxidative character, the wine is surprisingly youthful for an amber wine at +10 years of age - most likely this will continue to improve for at least a handful of years more. Expect the score to inch up another point or two as the wine ages. Perhaps a bit pricey for the quality at 70€, though.
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8/22/2020 - EricFlash99 Likes this wine: 93 Points
It's in orange color. White pepper, blood orange, orange flower, wax, honeysuckle aromas on the nose. Slightly meaty, strawberry leave and sweet orange flavours wrapped a tiny bit of tannin due to the long-time maceration. Its high alcohol and Glycerol build up a bold body. Sadly, such a tricky, flamboyant wine is somehow unbalanced attribute to its lower acidity, which shows a hot feeling. But this little flaw could not shade its loveliness. Decant in bottle for hal an hour before drinking, even so the last sip of this bottle is still lively young three hours after open-up. I guess it might even be better if kept to the following days. Suggest to keep for another decade or more.
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6/17/2020 - Throughthegrapevine Likes this wine: 92 Points
Deep orange w/copper hue. Notes of orange peel, bruised red apple, dried apricot. There is also a hint of nail polish remover in my opinion. The roundness, almost honey richness (but it is not sweet), is really well balanced with acidity. A very unique wine, even for a orange wine.
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6/15/2020 - jvphoto Likes this wine: 91 Points
After about 2.5 hours a lot of the wood varnish, acerbic nose softened and revealed some caramel/honey citrus fruit and bruised apples. Palate needed a little time to tone down and fill in as well - dried apricot, kefir, blood orange peel, caramel green apple. Interesting stuff - may need some working up to for the not so often orange wine drinker.
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2/4/2020 - mye Likes this wine:
Orange (duh) color with a clear varnish visual. Had ripe tropical and orchid fruits. Obvious notes of oxidation but it's reined in and controlled. Palate has the same tropical fruit flavors, with a tiny hint of sweetness. This reminds me of a dry Sauterne (like a Y from Yquem). Educational, and fun to sip on before the game.
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12/20/2019 - vinhonotte wrote: 90 Points
A rich tawny hue. Pronounced ripened apricot and mango aromas, and a slight briny character, and even beery. The beery characters show more on the palate, with some starfruit, guava, and bruised apple. Quite some nice fruits at the back, but it leads to a certain sharp bitterness that’s too much for me. Objectively a good wine, but guess it’s not mine
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12/15/2019 - wernicke Does not like this wine:
Hard to score because orange wines have so few precedents. Overly phenolic middle acid levels alcoholic and uncomplex. Dont buy this unless youre into this kinda thing, or masochism
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12/9/2019 - AndrewSGHall wrote:
Very Gravner with cool varnish. Nice acid and grip. Orange peel bitters. Lovely balance. Precision. Floral is perfumed and dope. Has a drip dripy drop drop vibe.
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6/29/2019 - vinhonotte wrote: 89 Points
Praelum - The Winefather (Praelum Wine Bistro): So... an orange wine... clearly some sweet tangerine and honey. Somewhat orange, with a bit of caramel on palate, but still dry
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