Anthesis Orange Wine

Tasting notes & discussion 24

Silver and Bronze at the Great America International Wine Competition

Typically $55/bottle from Anthesis Wines
Vintage 2016 from Mendocino County
Unfiltered and unfined
Available for AZ; CA; CO; CT; DC; FL; GA; IA; ID; IN; LA; MA; MD; ME; MI; MN; MO; MT; NC; NE; NJ; NM; NV; NY; OH; OK; OR; PA; RI; SC; TX; VA; VT; WA; WI; WY
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About Anthesis Wines
“Anthesis Wines is D’Argenzio Winery’s sister label. Owner/Winemaker Sandro Taburin and his wife Breanna (daughter of Ray D’Argenzio) are the founders and owners. Winemaker Sandro Tamburin’s passion for viticulture and fermentation has always been a part of him. He grew up in the vineyards of Trieste, Northeastern Italy, and took his memories of his grandfather cane pruning their estate vineyard with him when he came to America when he was 17 years old. Sandro strives to make his wine in the old way, “Alla Vecia”, where they leave the skin in contact with the juice for a prolonged period of time.”

Granfalanghina

TASTING NOTES:
Picpoul Blanc - “This all natural wine was made in an old-world style with open top fermentation vessels, 50% whole cluster, but 100% whole berry incorporating a spontaneous fermentation. Meaning 50% of the grapes are destemmed, leaving the berries whole without being crushed. The skin contact during maceration and fermentation was a few weeks long, promoting the typical amber color extraction from terpenes and aroma increase from the abundance of polyphenols. The grapes were picked at 21% sugars with a bold acidity at the end of October. Aged in 100% French new oak for 6 months it is very approachable and easy to drink.” (AbV 13%)

Falanghina - “Located in the Northern part of Mendoncino County, at 2200 feet of altitude grows the Falanghina. This site promotes ripeness of the fruit, yet maintains a lower sugar concentration with an excellent expression of acidity and minerality. This is a traditional white aromatic southern Italian variety grown around the Vesuvius for thousands of years. Picked at the end of October with 22% sugars, great acidity and low pHs, allowing for plenty of hang time rounding off tannin. Bringing back his grandfather’s winemaking style, this wine was 100% whole cluster and went through an extended maceration on the skin, with a spontaneous fermentation. This style of winemaking promotes extraction of terpenes and polyphenols from the skins of this amazing white grape, hence the orange color. Aged for 12 months in 100% French oak 500 liter puncheons.“ (AbV 12.5%)

TANGENTIALLY RELATED FACT to help you make conversation over this wine:
A granfalloon is a group of people affecting some sense of a shared identity, despite their mutual association being ultimately meaningless. More specifically, it can be called “a proud and meaningless association of human beings.” A concept described in Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat’s Cradle, some of his favorite examples are “Hoosiers” (people from Indiana) and “Cornellians” (people who went to Cornell). The Castlevania series boss Legion, a giant floating sphere of featureless bodies, has been renamed to Granfalloon at times.

PAIRS WITH (winery recommended):
N/A

OR (really-going-with-the-theme-option):
Membership to the granfalloon that is people who have read this series of words.

Anthesis Orange Wine

Silver and Bronze at the Great America International Wine Competition

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