L'Instinct Présent Orange 2023

Sometimes—actually, often—I love Orange Wines when they don't explode into an uncontrolled mess of ultra-ripe, tropical fruits 💣🍍 with tooth-etching acidity and tannins so harsh they age my gums twenty years 😅

L’Instinct Présent is a lot more delicate. It opens with a nose of dried white flowers and pear. Pear leads the dance on the palate 💃🏻, offering a lovely peach skin texture. The tannins are soft, and the acidity is restrained. This is truly a wine that closes the gap between the old and the newest generations of wine drinkers.

Region: Anjou Loire
Grape: 100% Grolleau Gris
Alcohol: 11%
Total SO2: X mg/L (info TBC)
Service: 10/14°C.

Tech facts:
Manual harvest. No herbicides, no mineral fertilisation, no pesticides. Spontaneous fermentation. Bottled without S02, fining and filtration. 
Vinification: A week long skin maceration in  tank. Manual punching down. No added sulfites.
Terroir: Anjou's black schist, clay and quartz.