Rebula, Kabaj
Staff Pick
Organic
Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Rebula, Kabaj - 2021

750 mL
Item # 37849

This wine was fermented on the skins for 30 days with wild yeast. Distinctively spicy and orange hued, it has aromas more reminiscent of red wine, including cherry and pepper. Despite a month of skin contact, this is not an oxidatively styled orange wine, but rather a white wine with texture and balanced acidity.

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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

The Kabaj Homestead (pronounced kah-BYE) has been producing some of Slovenia's most prized wines since the early 1990s. The moderate climate in Goriška Brda, Slovenia delivers very balanced, dry, often skin contacted wine. This bottling is made with the indigenous variety of Rebula, known as Ribolla Gialla right across the border in Northern Italy. The grapes were fermented on the skins for 30 days with native yeast imparting a deeper orange hue and a moderate tannin. The wine is aged in French oak for 2 years and rests for another 6 months in bottle. There is a lively acidity with tangy fruit notes of canned peaches and prickly pear, finishing with a long and fresh herbal note. This is not an orange wine like most classify them today. This is traditional winemaking that will go perfectly on the table with any farm to table style meal.

- EC

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