Orange Wines & Natural Wines: Time to Get Funky

Please Note: This is a wine produced in a more natural method. Traditionally they may be aged oxidatively and be somewhat funky. It is an intentional style not a wine flaw.

The Bevi Orange appears a bright, pale amber color in the glass. On the nose, the wine is fresh and youthful with notes of citrus fruits and stone fruits. The palate is also bright and youthful, revealing flavors of apricot, citrus... Read More

Golden yellow hue. Articulated olfactory frame with mature smells and refreshing notes, shell fruit, cucumber and green tea, candied fruit, anise and hay. Good progression to the palate, where amphora maceration enriches and projects... Read More

Pale yellow hue with green highlights. The nose is characterized by fruity and floral notes, crabapples and loquat, robinia flowers and chamomile. Full taste that reflects the initial scentings with hints of vanilla. Fresh and... Read More

Cerasuolo di Vittoria is a red wine made from a blend of Frappato and Nero D’Avola in accordance with the governing rules of the D.O.C.G. The wine is made in a large area in the province of Ragusa and in part of the provinces... Read More

Ramì is a little lighter and more approachable for white wine drinkers first stepping out into the orange wine category. The skin contact is expressive, but the flavors are approachable and not too intense. A crisp wine... Read More

In the glass, Dettori Bianco 2020 reveals an antique gold colour, palpable and
radiant. The olfactory picture is sunny and joyful, painted by sweet scents that recall tangerine peel, candied apricot, dandelion honey, helichrysum,... Read More

This wine is a 50/50 blend of Trebbiano and Falanghina. The Falanghina was macerated 1 week (50% whole bunch) and the Trebbiano was a direct press. They were fermented separately and then blended a month before bottling. Only... Read More

Grosjean’s Torette is charming and delicious in its youth but takes on more weight and gravitas with some bottle age. Bouyed by high acidity and snappy red fruit, the wine is balanced by notes of crushed rocks and earth... Read More

The Lunaria Ramoro Pinot Grigio appears a bright copper color in the glass. The nose is intense, floral, and fruity with notes of honey, elderflower, grapefruit, and Brazil Nut. The palate reveals an ethereal hint of yellow pulp... Read More

Aromas of red licorice, dried leaves, and fresh pipe tobacco introduces a palate with a floral edge and gentle tannins. The palate shows red licorice, dried flowers, blood orange, and Mediterranean herbs and fresh tobacco leaves.... Read More

The nose is evocative of autumn on multiple sensory levels, with aromas of fennel fronds, chamomile tea, almonds, and tangerine that lead into a full but delicately rendered palate. Vitorchiano’s volcanic soils come through... Read More

Notes of orange peel, dried tangerine, and ripe pear mingle with hints of anise, ginger, and savory herbs. Accents of dried flowers and a meditative earthiness lend depth and character. This is a more concentrated, textured, and... Read More

Sustainable/Practicing Organic. 100% Barbera. This is the only négoce cuvée; Olek purchases Barbera from vineyards in the drier part of Asti, only contracting with several older-school growers who can farm these... Read More

One of the early success stories in the modern-day revival of skin-macerated white wines, Bea’s beloved “Arboreus” originates from exceedingly old Trebbiano vines in the village of Spoleto. A striking instance... Read More

Similarly large-scaled as the San Valentino above, the Pipparello is more overwhelmingly brooding, and even more intense in its concentration. The ultra-savory nose is a thick swamp of camphor, black olives, fresh tar, and sandalwood,... Read More

The Paolo Bea Montefalco Sagrantino Cerrete is intense in nearly every aspect, with a deep violet color, robust tannins, and power that announces itself from the first aromas through the persistent finish. Despite all of this... Read More

Bea produces perhaps his most renowned wine from pure Sagrantino grown on the prized hilltop site of Pagliaro, situated at 1300 feet above sea level in Montefalco proper. The only wines that approach Bea’s in that regard... Read More

Bea’s rare and mind-bendingly complex passito (the traditional method for making Sagrantino di Montefalco, in fact) comes from pure Sagrantino harvested at a high sugar levels and left to dry on straw mats completely naturally... Read More

This sun-marked 2019, clocking in at 14% alcohol and with a formidable 45-day maceration, is a potent and brooding wine that makes no concessions to polite society. Significant in its tannins, it nonetheless presents them in such... Read More

Compared to the relatively racy Arboreus and the typically chiseled Lapideus, the Santa Chiara often swaggers out of the bottle with macerated peaches, brassy spice notes, a liberal dash of white pepper, and candied citrus. Despite... Read More

80% Chardonnay/20% Tocai Friulano

Slatnik starts with organic Chard and Tocai bunches harvested by hand and destemmed. The berries are co-fermented with natural yeasts in oak vats with no sulfur or temperature control and a 10-14-day... Read More

Natural Passerina tannins, by the heroic organic grower of Lazio, Antonella Consilia Volpe.

Soft on the palate, medium-bodied with expressive aromas of ripe peaches, citrus fruit, and hazel nuts which mix and mingle to create a whole which is greater than its parts; a vibrant touch of acidity complete sand balances the... Read More

This lovely bianco is made from a very rare clone of what used to be called the Tocai Friulano grape variety. This clone is very low-yielding and the grapes have a lovely golden hue; on the palate it is deep and rich, but with... Read More