Skin Contact Wine

Union Sacré

l'Orangerie 40 Days on skin Gewürztraminer 2025

2025. The skin contact amplified some of the floral notes of base wine. — 23 days ago

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Pullus

Dry Pinot Grigio 2022

Skin contact Slovenian Pinot Grigio. Beautiful light copper/peach color. Aromas and flavors of ripe pear, melon and nectarines. Additional notes of minerals and yeast. Nice creamy texture. Full flavored and nice mouthfeel. Crisp acidity. Very dry, delicate and quite fresh tasting. Wonderful complexity. Great quality for the price. — a year ago

Bob, Tom and 1 other liked this

Scribe

Skin Fermented Carneros Chardonnay 2021

Might be the best bottle of Chardonnay I ever had…. Unique 500 ml bottle…. Perfect with homemade burrito bowl — 3 years ago

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Vivanterre

Orange Contact SGU Sylvaner Blend

Unfiltered, balanced, incredible — 4 years ago

Bloomer Creek Vineyard

Skin Fermented Pet Nat Gewürztraminer 2020

Taffy nose, dry, light bodied, lemon candy — 5 years ago

Enderle & Moll

Müller 2019

Very nice, especially for the price. Quite transparent in the glass - perhaps the 19 sees a bit less skin contact than previous vintages. Tasty and a nice pairing with Chinese delivery! — 5 years ago

Severn, Andrew and 3 others liked this

Mother Rock Wines

Liquid Skin Chenin Blanc

Easy to drink. Nice acidity. Little limestoney. Keep buying. — 6 years ago

Monastero Suore Cistercensi

Coenobium Ruscum Lazio Bianco Trebbiano Blend 2024

Made by Nuns in Lazio, Italy. Skin contact. Licorice and fennel, apricot, dry on the tongue. Delicious — 5 months ago

Enderle & Moll

Weiss & Grau Burgunder Weißburgunder Grauburgunder 2022

Very accessible orange wine without any hint of being overly “natural”. Crisp and the bit of skin contact gives it just enough body and texture to be interesting. — 2 years ago

Bob, Severn and 3 others liked this

Margins Wine

Wilson Vineyards Skin Fermented Chenin Blanc 2022

Pale yellow, excellent clarity. Tactile, fine grain sandpaper like, so perhaps an acquired case for some. A clean nose, lemon and lemon peel flavors with depth, great acidity. A deep dive into the variety; not for the faint of heart. After 90 minutes the skin tannins do mellow so you might decant this. — 2 years ago

Doug, Ira and 2 others liked this

Dominio de Punctum

20000 Leguas Amber Skin Contact Chardonnay Blend

Very dry and clean. Minerals, light florals, grapefruit. Excellent pair to smoked trout. — 4 years ago

Karen Whaley
with Karen

Field Recordings

Skins Chenin Blanc Blend 2020

Fun orange wine, 41/37/9/8/5 blend of Chenin Blanc, Pinot Gris, Albariño, Verdelho and Riesling. Looks like cherry skin-colored Rosé with excellent clarity, but these are all white varietals. Complex smear of flavors with a light tannin finish. Don’t think I’ve had anything like it, though that hint of Riesling is the bow on the package. Experimental and lovely. I admire its structure, almost dry, balanced but tannin-forward without excess, — 5 years ago

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Trixie

Trixie

Truly sounds lovely! Cheers!🥂

Jolie-Laide Wines

Fanucchi Wood Road Vineyard Trousseau Gris

Mildly effervescent skin contact, honeysuckle and melon. Medium acidity and dry. Full bodied mouthfeel. — 6 years ago

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Anselmo Mendes

Contacto Monção & Melgaço Alvarinho 2024

Ancient skin-contact tradition is handled with modern restraint; this wine is calm, precise, and quietly rebellious. Refreshing with a med body and a bright citrus peel with sea mist profile. Props to the Somm at Wren & Wolf in Phoenix. This was the most interesting wine of my trip. — 6 months ago

Sagee, Ted and 6 others liked this

Foradori

Fuoripista Vigneti delle Dolomiti Pinot Grigio 2018

Amphora, skin contact Pinot Grigio from Foradori. What’s not to like. This is amped up Pinot Grigio, savory, a little tannic and delicious. — 2 years ago

Ryme Cellars

Vare Vineyard Ribolla Gialla 2019

[notes for RB 2019 Gittens Vineyard] Orange wine. Destemmed, 6 months on skin then 6 months aging in emphorae. Ex alnort-robert amphorae. Hazy and orange in color. Jasmine, Gatorade, white pepper, citrus, dried orange candy, sour cherry. High acidity, med tannins, med+ finish. Lovely texture on the palate. — 4 years ago

Forlorn Hope

Queen of the Sierra Skin Fermented Chardonnay Blend

So enjoyable every time - apricots, strawberries, minerality. — 5 years ago

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Authentique Wine Cellars

LEISURE Skin Contact Oregon Pinot Gris 2018

Oregon Pinot Gris in the truest sense — 5 years ago

David, Trixie and 2 others liked this

Podere Pradarolo

Vej Bianco Antico Malvasia di Candia 2019

Gorgeous skin contact. Stone fruits, slighty funk. I get mainly apricot and some honeysuckle. — 6 years ago

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