Pepin Orange ACHILLEE NV

Pepin Orange  ACHILLEE NV Natural/Organic, Biodynamic orange wine. Pepin is a collaborative project led by the family behind Achillee. Rather than using only fruit from their own vineyards, they work with a network of biodynamically farmed vineyards from across Alsace to produce accessible high quality natural wines. The blend varies from vintage, but typically the blend contains to varying degrees Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Sylvaner, Muscat and Riesling (amongst small proportions of a few others) giving an aromatic full flavoured, yet still fresh natural Orange wine.

Fermentation is with indigenous yeasts in stainless steel with between 4 and 8 days on the skins extracting some lovely colour, aroma and flavour compounds with a little bit of tannin. The Continental climate provides big swings between daytime and nightime temperatures allowing a slow even fermentation and retention of acidity from the cool evenings. Expect notes of Apricot, Mandarin, Tangerine, Lychee, Peach and Ginger. An absolutely belting little Orange wines that has both drinkability and complexity