Artizani, Orange Affair
Staff Pick
Organic
Orange Wine (Skin Contact)

Artizani, Orange Affair - 2022

750 mL
Item # 49315

A dry skin contact while blend of 70% Rkatsiteli and 30% Mtsvane. This is project by 3 winemaking friends seeking to champion low intervention, traditional Georgian wines. Medium-bodied, with medium tannic structure, this has aromas of yellow fruits, caramalized apples, and white flowers. Pair with Imeretian khachapuri.
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Color
White
Vintage
2022
Country
Georgia
Region
Kakheti
Producer
Artizani
Grape Variety
Rkatsiteli
Mtsvane
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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

8000 years. Just imagine, 8000 years ago people at the territory of the the modern country Georgia made the wines. And they still do it. Very often using the same old techniques. Artizani winery is in that number. Artizani was founded by three wine aficionados obsessed with natural wines from Georgian indigenous grape varieties. Salome, Irakli, and David took ‘Artizani’- from French- to describe a craftsman who works with his hands, and the three of them have worked eight years together to craft the perfect Georgian wine. Their Orange Affair is a dry skin contact wine blend of 70% Rkatsiteli and 30% Mtsvane. Initial sweet aroma of yellow cherry and dried flowers bloom into the notes of ripe melon and hints of caramelized fruits. Flavor is rich and voluminous, with slight acidity and pleasant bitterness of tannins. WE LOVE IT!!!

- YS
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