Koerner, "Pigato" Vermentino - 2023

Name: Koerner, "Pigato" Vermentino
Brand: Koerner
SKU: 41885
Price: 28.96 USD
Availability: OutOfStock

750 mL

Item # 41885

A few days of skin contact give this Vermentino a delicate amber color. The grapes come from the Gullview vineyard planted to red clay soil. Fermented with native yeast, 50% whole berries in open top steel fermenters. Not fined or filtered.

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Color

White

Vintage

2023

Country

Australia

Region

South Australia

Sub-Region

Clare Valley

Producer

Koerner

Grape Variety

Vermentino

Production Methods

Natural

Wine made from organically or biodynamically grown grapes with minimal intervention avoiding the use of chemicals, additives and technology.

Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Orange wine is made by using white wine grapes, which are pressed and left in contact with the skins, seeds, and stems for an extended period of time, similar to how red wine is made.

This prolonged maceration extracts color, tannins, and phenols, giving the wine a darker, sometimes orange color. It also produces a wine with more structure and intense flavor.

Maceration times can vary between a few hours to many months, with longer contact giving more color and extraction.

Staff Pick Notes

This is one of those barely-orange orange wines, where lighter skin contact just serves to enhance the wine's body and texture. The bottle in front of you is a single vineyard offering from family owned Aussie vintner Koerner Wine, whose commitment to impeccable farming lets them make low intervention wines with minimal sulfur (Gullyview Vineyard has been without chemicals or irrigation for close to 40yrs.) In the glass white flower, white peach, grapefruit, and orange rind come out, with a little tea tannin leading into a saline finish. Refreshing acidity keeps everything steady. While it will pour a bit cloudy, this is made in a very clean, accessible style. The wine sees no oak, just stainless steel for aging and fermentation. It's an easy food pairing overall. Try with fennel, fava beans, raw oysters, or seafood pasta.

- JON

More About This Wine

Clare Valley

A South Australian region lying adjascent to the Adelaide Hills. The climate here offers strong shifts between warm daytime and cool nighttime temperatures. While justifiably famous for its Rieslings, the Shiraz wines from this cooler region are fast becoming some of the most consistent and widely acclaimed in all of Australia. They feature great acidity and a bit more structure than their southern counterparts, feeling tightly wound as opposed to opulent (like much Aussie Shiraz). Fruit in...

Australia

Australian Shiraz (made from the grape called “Syrah” in other parts of the world) shows the essence of the outback: it’s big, bold, and a little rough around the edges. The vast country leaves lots of room for variation, however, with its many terroirs each yielding distinctively styled wines. The climate of South Australia’s McLaren Vale district is heavily influenced by the ocean; wines here typically show savory notes of olive and spice on the nose and deep berry flavors on the palate....

South Australia

South Australia is home to nearly half the country's wine production as well as the center of premium Shiraz production. It contains the Clare Valley, Barossa Valley, Eden Valley, Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Padthaway, and Coonawarra regions.

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