- BrandGiornata Wines
- CountryUSA
- TypeOrange Wine
- Size750ml
- SKU 210000045276
Giornata Orango Tango 2024
Orangotango is a wine that defies expectation. Technically an "orange" wine, it is a blend of several white varieties that were fermented on their skins. Unlike most orange wines, this lot was filtered prior to bottling, giving the consumer something that is decidedly more approachable than most in the genre tend to be. The inaugural vintage contains four varieties, representing an amalgam of Giornata's amphorae program, where white varieties are skin-fermented in terracotta vessels. In order to "top up" the amphorae after the skins are removed, side ferments are carried out of each lot in macro-bins. Orangotango is a blend of the leftovers of these side ferments.
Orangotango is made from white wine grapes fermented on skins, anywhere from 12 hours to 4 months, and certain barrels were fermented carbonic. The wine is gently filtered by cross-flow for stability and polish. Only native yeast is used with no nutrient addition. The wine is bottled with around 20 parts free SO2.