Skin Contact

Kabaj

Rebula Goriška Brda Ribolla Gialla 2014

Orange peel, powder sugar, apricot jam, apple sauce, savory minerality. Full malo, 30-day skin contact, 2 years in barrel, rich and delicious. Elevated acidity and drying tannins. — 6 years ago

Foradori

Fontanasanta Vigneti delle Dolomiti Manzoni Bianco 2016

Unctuous Salome elderflower honetsuckle peach with skin contact and linearity. Definitely a gewurtz baby. Lush but with refreshing acidity. Could’ve sat on it... — 7 years ago

Azienda Agricola Denavolo

Dinavolino Vino Bianco Malvasia Blend 2016

Very interesting natural, skin/contact wine with a bit of effervescence from Emilia-Romagna — 7 years ago

BK Wines

Skin n' Bones Skin Contact White 2016

Aussie Skin Contact Savagnin! — 7 years ago

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Azienda Agricola COS

Ramí Terre Siciliane Greciano Insolia 2014

Skin contact, great fragrant nose, then crisp and clear drinkability. Yum! — 8 years ago

Ellen Christen
with Ellen

Monastero Suore Cistercensi

Coenobium Ruscum Lazio Bianco Trebbiano Blend 2013

Nice little funky #wine that shows why this kind of skin contact stuff is so god damn in vogue. Get thee to a nunnery, orange wine! — 9 years ago

Sarah Hess
with Sarah

Ryme Cellars

'His' Las Brisas Vineyard Vermentino 2013

Ryan's wine. Skin contact is very evident, but the balance is good. Nice acidity. Good salmon wine tonight. — 10 years ago

La Stoppa

Ageno Malvasia di Candia Blend 2008

Natural Orange Wine with skin maceration this wine is lively and beautiful. A " white " for red drinkers... — 11 years ago

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BK Wines

Skin n' Bones Single Vineyard Lenswood Pinot Noir 2018

Tomato nose, forest floor, my kinda boy. — 6 years ago

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Slavcek

Sivi Pinot

Showing some skin — 7 years ago

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Monastero Suore Cistercensi

Coenobium Lazio Bianco Trebbiano Blend 2010

This is a natural wine I love. An OG natural wine from a very talented winemaker. A baby orange with the right amount of skin contact which complements the finished wine and doesn’t become the focus. I wouldn’t call this an orange wine. It’s a white wine enhanced with slight oxidation. Flavors of lemon custard and fermented apple cider. Splendid. — 7 years ago

Sharon, Mike and 13 others liked this
Hugh O'Riordan

Hugh O'Riordan

Sounds interesting

Azienda Agricola Stanislao Radikon

"S" Slatnik Venezia Giulia Chardonnay Tocai Friulano

Really excellent orange wine... all the kaleidoscopic flavor and aromatic progression that make good skin contact wines enjoyable. Though would have liked more acid. — 7 years ago

Intellego

Elementis Skin Contact Chenin Blanc 2015

A bit too dry almost. Pretty rich and very clear, i expected a bit more funk. — 9 years ago

Fujimi, Nodomi and 2 others liked this

Kabaj

Goriška Brda Sivi Pinot

Amazing orange! Smells like an ice wine, but drinks like the skin contact Pinot Gris that it is. Great glass to finish dinner with. — 9 years ago

Celler Escoda-Sanahuja

Els Bassots Conca de Barberà Chenin Blanc 2006

Skin contact and "orange" wine. Perfectly matured in barrel for 2-3 weeks... Amazingly crafted — 10 years ago

Orin Swift

Skin Deep Vin De Pays Des Cotes Catalanes Grenache Rosé

Most full bodied rose I've had. Typical for Orin Swift. Really nice. — 10 years ago

Tj Adams
with Tj

Dirty & Rowdy

Skin and Concrete Egg Fermented Yountville Sémillon 2017

Had at flaming buoy co, nice with fish..taste of pineapple — 6 years ago

Scholium Project

The Prince In His Caves Farina Vineyards Sauvignon Blanc

This is a big wine full of big contradictions. First of all, was not expecting a dark golden, almost orange hue. Had to look it up and was surprised by an SB with intense skin and malo aging. A pungent, sour nose. It’s not at all a turn off, the opposite really. At the front I get a brine, salt water character but that quickly turns into a giant sour apricot with a long lingering finish that transitions into unripe banana and spicy herbs. Medium to full body with loads of puckering acid. A unique and wildly different wine. — 7 years ago

Jillian Varner
with Jillian

Donkey & Goat

Skin Fermented El Dorado Grenache Blanc 2015

Orange in color and orange rind. — 7 years ago

Azienda Agricola COS

Pithos Bianco Terre Siciliane Grecanico 2015

Peaches & golden apples & chamomile tea & orange rind. An interesting and delicious wine that’s a good intro to skin fermented whites & to amphora aging. Texture is almost more interesting than flavors. — 7 years ago

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Foradori

Fontanasanta Vigneti Delle Dolomiti Nosiola 2012

Marc Stubblefield
9.2

In a world where skin contact whites seem to be vying for the title of orangest, haziest, apricottyest, the elegance and grace in this wine are a reminder of the possibilities. Aged on the skins in amphora, the result is a bright, orchard and citrus mountain stream with an amazing texture that never once makes you think orange wine. From magnum, which seems to me to be the right serving size for two. — 7 years ago

Riddley, Serge and 7 others liked this
Palmer Emmitt

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Great note. Nailed it.

Enderle & Moll

Müller

Skin contact Muller. Dope. — 8 years ago

Marc liked this

Dirty & Rowdy

Skin Fermented Antle Vineyard Melon 2014

Marc Stubblefield
9.1

Once I stopped wanting this to be Muscadet (much lower acidity) or Ramato Pinot Gris (not nearly the tannin/phenolic structure) I really enjoyed this. It's a much quieter and more nuanced 'orange' wine, rewarding close attention and time taken. Lots of development over 3 days, and I'm curious where this is in another year or two. Thanks @Hardy Wallace ! — 9 years ago

"Odedi", David and 16 others liked this

Azienda Agricola Stanislao Radikon

Venezie Giulia Pinot Grigio

30 days of skin contact, from Friulian producer Radikon. One of the gold standards for skin contact wine. — 9 years ago

Donkey & Goat

Sluice Box El Dorado White Rhone Blend 2013

This is awesome. How often do you get a blend of vermentino, marsanne, Grenache blanc, picpoul from the U.S. With 50% skin fermentation. Almost looks like Sauternes in the glass. But the mouthfeel and balance are amazing. — 10 years ago

Paolo Bea

Santa Chiara Umbria Bianco Malvasia Blend 2010

Bea skin contact, less funky and tannic mouthfeel than the 2007 but still a joy! — 11 years ago