2017 Whistler Back to Basics Biodynamic Orange Wine, Barossa Valley

This orange wine is made up of four grape varieties- White Frontignac, Semillon, Riesling & Clairette. The White Frontignac and Clairette was grown by Greg Barritt, down at Rowland Flat towards the southern end of the Barossa Valley.

Orange wine is a white wine made like a red wine, it is fermented on skins, and in the case of the Clairette, it is fermented as whole bunches. This process extracts more colour, flavour, tannin and phenolics from the skins, seeds and stalks, but they all integrate well in this wine to create a really fruit driven, complex white wine. Not for the faint hearted, you need to go into this wine with an open mind, and try it over a few days. This wine tends to open up after a few days, but if you intend on drinking it all in one sitting, I would recommend decanting the wine before drinking. Given the nature of this wine, try to serve it around 12-16 degrees celsius. Any cooler and the wine will look quite closed. No additions have been made to this wine, no sulphur, no fining agents, no yeast, no adic, no anything. It is completely natural and untouched. I hope you enjoy! Josh- Winemaker.