Jupiter Orange 2021

A high-flying orange wine 🚀 🪐, Jupiter takes its name from the colour of the largest planet in the solar system, from which it borrows its orange reflections 🍊. Following an ancestral technique, Simon lets his grapes macerate in a kvevri (a terracotta amphora) to vinify it like a red wine.

The cool 2021 vintage provides dynamism, and the contribution of maceration is perfectly balanced, without any tannic grip or harshness, but with a delightful aromatic complexity, where one can find notes of dried apricot, flower honey, caramelized apple, and bitter oranges. The finish is long, on lightly malted notes and angostura.

Region: Northern Rhône
Grape: 60% Viognier, 20% Marsanne, 10% Roussanne, 10% Cugnette
Alcohol: 10.5%
Total SO2: Traces.
Service: 12°C
For: A few spicy ideas, Gorgonzola, spices, and squid with chorizo.

Tech facts: 
Manual harvest. Spontaneous fermentation. No added sulfites. No herbicides, no mineral fertilisation, no pesticides. The grapes were vinified as whole bunches in a kvevri. 15 days on the skins. Bottled without fining and filtration.