Skin Contact (Orange)
Skin Contact (Orange)
Jousset 2020 'KM 510' Vin de France
'KM 510' is a collaboration of six hands, including those of Lise and Bertrand Jousset and their friend and winemaker Sébastien Fezas from Gascogne. The name is a reference to the distance between the Jousset's home in Montlouis-sur-Loire and Sébastien's...
$42.99
Paraschos 2021 Venezia Giulia Orange One
A traditional Gorizia blend of Ribolla Gialla, Malvasia, and Friuliano. Quite soft and approachable orange wine, not the intense bold tannic style that can come from long macerations. Here the Paraschos family is macerating for just a couple days, creating...
$36.99
Finot, Thomas 2022 Maceration Cugnete
Like a walk through the forests of the French alps, this year's Maceration, which is made with Jacquere and Verdesse, is a veritable explosion of pine cones, tangerine & Melon de Cavaillon with supple acidity, velvety tannins whilst sporting a...
$34.99
Bistro Louis Severine 2024 Julien
100% Riesling from steep granitic slopes in Dambach-la-Ville. Grapes are hand harvested and see seven days of whole-cluster maceration before aging in old barriques. Unfined, unfiltered and no added sulfur. It's packed with bright citrus fruit, not quite full-on orange...
$46.99
Bistro Louis Severine 2024 Chrysalis
This is a collaboration with Christian Binner - a delicious blend of Sylvaner, Pinot Noir and Muscat Ottonel, co-macerated with whole clusters for seven days before being basket pressed and aged in a single old barrel. No added sulfur, unfined...
$56.99
2Naturkinder 2022 Silvaner Zweite Heimat
From a Single-plot in Rödelsee; old vines planted in 1989 on Keuper bedrock. 100% Silvaner that is destemmed and crushed, then left to macerate on skins for ten days where fermentation begins slowly. Wine is pressed and fermentation continues in...
$39.99
COZs 2022 VP Vital
100% Vital from the limestone-rich soils of the Vinha da Pena vineyard (planted 1982) in the Sierra de Montejunto, 15 km from the Atlantic. After 2 days of non-fermentative maceration on the skins in large casks, the wine is pressed...
$29.99
Gravner 2016 Venezia Giulia Ribolla
Gravner’s cellar methodology for the indigenous Ribolla is simple, if extreme: bunches, harvested by hand, are transferred by gravity into subterranean amphorae, where they macerate for several weeks; the wine is then pressed and moved back into amphorae for five...
$139.99
Erggelet Brothers 2022 Malvasia Bianca
Julian and Sebastian Erggelet grew up in southern Germany, but moved to California in 2014 to pursue a career making wine. They began to release their own wines under the Erggelet Brothers label in 2019, utilizing grapes grown across Contra...
$31.99
Fuso 2024 Terre Siciliane Cala Bianco
A lovely 'vino quotidiano' or everyday wine coming from West of Palermo, Sicily. 100% Catarratto harvested a touch early to preserve acidity, then spends 50 hours on the skins in stainless steel tanks. Peaches, apples, citrus pith, and a long...
$19.99
Cabeças do Reguengo 2023 Respiro Lagar Branco
A field blend of indigenous white varieties from two small centenarian vineyards at around 500-600 meters of elevation. The grapes were foot trodden in lagar and allowed to ferment on the skins. The wine was then aged for 9 months...
$18.99
Cornelissen, Frank 2023 Terre Siciliane Susucaru Patos Bianco
Only the third vintage of this skin contact wine from Frank Cornelissen. The grape is Catarratto Extra Lucido from Menfi with 10 days of skin contact and aging in neutral vessels. Highly aromatic and explodes from the glass with orange...
$29.99
Henriquez, Roberto 2024 Semillon Fundo La Unión Itata Valley
From a plot of 150-year-old Semillon vines about 8 kilometers from the Pacific ocean, planted on the granitic soils of the Itata valley. This is Roberto Henriquez’s warmest plot of vines but it is blessed by sea breezes. Like the...
$28.99
Gravillas 2023 A Fleur de Peau VDF
"Our orange wine is a dry macerated Muscat Petits Grains (3 to 4 weeks) which combines the notes of Earl Gray tea, orange blossom and apricot. Perfect with roasted squash or mushrooms accompanied by smoked bacon. Very interesting with an...
$26.99
Bussay 2024 Roots
Importer Note from Palinkerie Imports: "Roots" is a skin-contact Olaszrizling/Tramini/Riesling blend from Bussay's organic estate in Zala. The vines are 40 years old, and were a favorite of Dóri's father. Flavors like dried apricot, citrus, white tea, rose and passion fruit...
$26.99
Beck-Hartweg 2024 Alsace Bungertal
This is a blend of Gewurztraminer and Riesling grown on the volcanic sandstone soils of Bungertal, near the village of Nothalten. The grapes are macerated for 24-48 hours before a gentle pressing and natural fermentation in old oak, where it...
$33.99
Folias de Baco 2025 Uivo Curtido Branco
Note from the importer, GK Selections: Harvested from 40ish year old vineyards of Moscatel Galego on a combination of granite and schist soils at around 600 meters of elevation. Whole clusters are placed directly into cement tanks, where they are...
$22.99
Bauer 2023 Barig Alte Reben
Barig is a blend of Gruner Veltliner and Roter Veltliner, with a short period of skin contact, yielding a tasty and very fresh, zippy wine. A great introduction to the world of skin contact wines, and certainly just an introduction,...
$21.99
