United States
Familiar Orange - 2019 - Hardy Wallace
Dirty and Rowdy
An orange wine boasting subtlety, elegance, and a relatively subtle tannic character, this is an eminently approachable wine, with notes of roasted apricot, citrus fruits and a touch of Mediterranean herbs. Hardy, we love it!
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Low-sulfite
- Appellation
- United States
- Degree of alcohol
- 11.3 %
- To drink from
- 2024 to 2025
- rock’n’roll
A veritable tutti frutti: 60% Chenin Blanc, 30% Semillon, 4% Marsanne, 3% Roussanne and 3% Viognier, from vines around 50 years old on average, farmed organically and sans irrigation. The vines are planted in several areas, including the Monterey, Mendocino and Napa Valley, and thus on different types of soil: granite, volcanic and limestone. Vinification: the grapes are destemmed, followed by 45 days of maceration, maturation in cement eggs and barrels that have seen 8 to 14 wines. Unfiltered, unfined, with a microdose of sulphur at bottling.
Hardy Wallace
Hardy Wallace is a next gen winemaker whose energy and contagious enthusiasm is shaking up California’s Napa Valley! His was a long journey towards winemaking, which started after the economic crisis of 2008: Hardy lost his job in Atlanta, and found himself catapulted into the California wine world as a social networking manager for a big estate. Learning the business on the job, a few months...
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