Skin Contact Duo
Want to try something a bit different? Allowing the juice to sit on the skins during the wine making process adds complexity and notes that you don't get with a standard white.
'Araceli' 2021 Pinot Grigio Romato
Grapes grown in the Pfalz, Germany.
What's the wine like?
Think of a skin contact/orange style of white wine but with more red wine style structure and palate weight. Or maybe think of a barrel aged rosé on steroids. It is a really complex, unusual wine that has notes of white pepper, cherry, vanilla, cloves, and a real wild strawberry-ness when it starts to open up. She's got a lightly tannic yet soft structure but is really well rounded and changes constantly as you drink her.
So how was Araceli made?
We ferment it fully on the skins for 1 week, so the pinky golden skins colour the wine and make it go 'ramato' or 'copper' as the Italians call it. It's essentially a red wine but made from pink grapes (rather that red grapes). It is fermented using wild yeasts, present in the winery and on the skins of the grapes. We do not add yeast. We also do not add any finings or any other additives to the grapes, juice or wine. We do not filter it either so it may be slightly hazy. It spends a little time aging in new French oak, but it is mainly fermented and aged in a stainless steel tank.
'Janet' 2022 Skin Contact Malvasia
Grapes grown in Pulgia, Italy
What's the wine like?
A textured, golden-coloured wine with nutty, honey and savoury aromas.
So how was Janet made?
The grapes were destemmed by hand and transferred to stainless steel tanks. It was inoculated with a yeast strain and fermented for 15 days, after which it spent another week on the skins before being pressed off. It was then transferred to oak barrels, where it aged for 7 months and underwent full malolactic conversion. After being transferred back to stainless steel, it was lightly filtered before bottling.
Note: This wine, like all our wines, is vegan friendly. They are made without the use of animal based winemaking products.
Want to try something a bit different? Allowing the juice to sit on the skins during the wine making process adds complexity and notes that you don't get with a standard white.
'Araceli' 2021 Pinot Grigio Romato
Grapes grown in the Pfalz, Germany.
What's the wine like?
Think of a skin contact/orange style of white wine but with more red wine style structure and palate weight. Or maybe think of a barrel aged rosé on steroids. It is a really complex, unusual wine that has notes of white pepper, cherry, vanilla, cloves, and a real wild strawberry-ness when it starts to open up. She's got a lightly tannic yet soft structure but is really well rounded and changes constantly as you drink her.
So how was Araceli made?
We ferment it fully on the skins for 1 week, so the pinky golden skins colour the wine and make it go 'ramato' or 'copper' as the Italians call it. It's essentially a red wine but made from pink grapes (rather that red grapes). It is fermented using wild yeasts, present in the winery and on the skins of the grapes. We do not add yeast. We also do not add any finings or any other additives to the grapes, juice or wine. We do not filter it either so it may be slightly hazy. It spends a little time aging in new French oak, but it is mainly fermented and aged in a stainless steel tank.
'Janet' 2022 Skin Contact Malvasia
Grapes grown in Pulgia, Italy
What's the wine like?
A textured, golden-coloured wine with nutty, honey and savoury aromas.
So how was Janet made?
The grapes were destemmed by hand and transferred to stainless steel tanks. It was inoculated with a yeast strain and fermented for 15 days, after which it spent another week on the skins before being pressed off. It was then transferred to oak barrels, where it aged for 7 months and underwent full malolactic conversion. After being transferred back to stainless steel, it was lightly filtered before bottling.
Note: This wine, like all our wines, is vegan friendly. They are made without the use of animal based winemaking products.
Want to try something a bit different? Allowing the juice to sit on the skins during the wine making process adds complexity and notes that you don't get with a standard white.
'Araceli' 2021 Pinot Grigio Romato
Grapes grown in the Pfalz, Germany.
What's the wine like?
Think of a skin contact/orange style of white wine but with more red wine style structure and palate weight. Or maybe think of a barrel aged rosé on steroids. It is a really complex, unusual wine that has notes of white pepper, cherry, vanilla, cloves, and a real wild strawberry-ness when it starts to open up. She's got a lightly tannic yet soft structure but is really well rounded and changes constantly as you drink her.
So how was Araceli made?
We ferment it fully on the skins for 1 week, so the pinky golden skins colour the wine and make it go 'ramato' or 'copper' as the Italians call it. It's essentially a red wine but made from pink grapes (rather that red grapes). It is fermented using wild yeasts, present in the winery and on the skins of the grapes. We do not add yeast. We also do not add any finings or any other additives to the grapes, juice or wine. We do not filter it either so it may be slightly hazy. It spends a little time aging in new French oak, but it is mainly fermented and aged in a stainless steel tank.
'Janet' 2022 Skin Contact Malvasia
Grapes grown in Pulgia, Italy
What's the wine like?
A textured, golden-coloured wine with nutty, honey and savoury aromas.
So how was Janet made?
The grapes were destemmed by hand and transferred to stainless steel tanks. It was inoculated with a yeast strain and fermented for 15 days, after which it spent another week on the skins before being pressed off. It was then transferred to oak barrels, where it aged for 7 months and underwent full malolactic conversion. After being transferred back to stainless steel, it was lightly filtered before bottling.
Note: This wine, like all our wines, is vegan friendly. They are made without the use of animal based winemaking products.
