Smallfry Wines Tangerine Dream 2022 (750ml)

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Producer	Smallfry Wines
Country	Australia
Region	South Australia
Subregion	Barossa
Varietal	Semillon,  Pedro Ximenez
Vintage	2022
Sku	50785
Size	750ml

  

The Smallfry Wines Tangerine Dream appears a ddeep golden orange color in the glass and is a fair bit cloudy. Aromas of citrus peel and spice blend with baser notes of oatmeal and brown rice. Full and dry palate, grainy tannins make this the red drinkers white, multi layered, rewards time in the glass.

Orange wine lite? Bridges the gap between something like an oaky chardonnay and the more confronting skin contact whites out there.

With the release of our 8th vintage of this wine I really feel like I am achieving what I want to see from this style. An opportunity to celebrate the diversity of Ken’s vineyard in a way that he and his contemporaries could scarcely imagine while staying true to the roots of winemaking. Tasting the range of orange wines at Rootstock was a seminal moment for me similar to my first experience of wild yeast fermentation back in 2002.  Our place is probably the last to have plantings of Pedro, Semillon and Riesling in the whole Barossa, the majority of these vines saw out the first world war and were too old for call up so this wine gives them a reason for being and a reinvention. Our friend Grant Dickson at Fermentasian describes this wine as layering 101 and compares it (favourably) to Terroir al Limit, I can only commend his superior wine knowledge.