This renowned biodynamic producer's ventures into orange-wine territory have been interesting if a little hit and miss. This vintage lies somewhere in between. Fermented on skins in stainless steel and amphorae and then matured in part new, part used oak for three months, the result is a wine the color of lemon drops, with a nose like the Cullens' herb garden in summer: wild mint, tarragon, green bell pepper, wild honey and something more heady and floral like ladies' perfume. The palate is less extroverted, focused instead on creamy texture, lifted acidity, spicy oak and some phenolic bitterness. This won't be for everyone, but there's a certain joy in the weird and the wild and this wine has both.
This renowned biodynamic producer's ventures into orange-wine territory have been interesting if a little hit and miss. This vintage lies somewhere in between. Fermented on skins in stainless steel and amphorae and then matured in part new, part used oak for three months, the result is a wine the color of lemon drops, with a nose like the Cullens' herb garden in summer: wild mint, tarragon, green bell pepper, wild honey and something more heady and floral like ladies' perfume. The palate is less extroverted, focused instead on creamy texture, lifted acidity, spicy oak and some phenolic bitterness. This won't be for everyone, but there's a certain joy in the weird and the wild and this wine has both.
This renowned biodynamic producer's ventures into orange-wine territory have been interesting if a little hit and miss. This vintage lies somewhere in between. Fermented on skins in stainless steel and amphorae and then matured in part new, part used oak for three months, the result is a wine the color of lemon drops, with a nose like the Cullens' herb garden in summer: wild mint, tarragon, green bell pepper, wild honey and something more heady and floral like ladies' perfume. The palate is less extroverted, focused instead on creamy texture, lifted acidity, spicy oak and some phenolic bitterness. This won't be for everyone, but there's a certain joy in the weird and the wild and this wine has both.
This renowned biodynamic producer's ventures into orange-wine territory have been interesting if a little hit and miss. This vintage lies somewhere in between. Fermented on skins in stainless steel and amphorae and then matured in part new, part used oak for three months, the result is a wine the color of lemon drops, with a nose like the Cullens' herb garden in summer: wild mint, tarragon, green bell pepper, wild honey and something more heady and floral like ladies' perfume. The palate is less extroverted, focused instead on creamy texture, lifted acidity, spicy oak and some phenolic bitterness. This won't be for everyone, but there's a certain joy in the weird and the wild and this wine has both.