Organic
Orange Wine (Skin Contact)
Erde, Muster - 2017
Item # 35065
750mL
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Production Methods
Organic
Orange Wine (Skin Contact)
Organic
Biodynamic
Wine made from grapes grown organically using natural composting techniques and special preparations of herbal sprays while following the astronomical calendar.
Tasting Notes
This wine gets it lovely amber color from 9 months the grapes spend macerating on their skins. Much like a red wine with tannin and tension, this orange wine has notes of cider, dried lemon and savory herbs. Aptly named "Erde" meaning earth and appropriately packaged in a clay bottle. This wine is eccentric but ideally suited for those fans of orange wines and extremely tannic white wines.
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