Metamorphika Catalunya Xarel-lo Brisat Orange 2022 750ml Volnay farmed at the southern tip

farmed at the southern tip of Lake Garda on limestone-and-clay soils that drive the chalk mineral character critics consistently note

Empire Rye is their New York-grown expression: 80% Danko rye sourced from Ancramdale in the Hudson Valley

Hugel started picking eight days after the rest of Alsace — September 12th

followed by a mild

34% Semillon

Metamorphika Catalunya Xarel-lo Brisat Orange 2022 750ml Volnay farmed at the southern tipSPAIN : CATALONIA Xarel lo MED BODIED, ORANGE PEEL, DRIED APRICOT, PEACH, WHITE PEPPER, HONEY, NO OAK Delicious, completely natural skin contact (aka orange) wine with nice acidity, some tannin & a touch of funk. 100% Xarel lo grapes from 70 year old vines spend 8 14 weeks on the skins before spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts in tinaja (clay), after which the wine spends ~3 months on the lees with weekly battonage, and then aged in the same