A “favorite among hipster sommeliers,” so-called orange wines are whites left to cuddle with their grape skins before bottling, said Ray Isle in Food & Wine. While most wines “fade” after the cork is popped, the skin interaction gives orange wines an increased resilience to oxygen. Here are three we recommend.
Coenobium Rusticum 2007 Italy, $35
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Camillo Donati Malvasia Seco NV Italy, $21
The crisp, dry sparkling wine from Emilia-Romagna has a hazy orange hue and boasts notes of delightfully “lively green-apple and citrus flavors.”
Movia Lunar 2007 Slovenia, $44
With a “deep-orange” color from Ribolla Gialla grapes, this wine gets mineral and apple hints from spending “seven months in barrels buried 30 feet underground.”
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