Carboniste "Crab" Sparkling Orange Wine 2023

The 2023 "Crab" skin-contact sparkling orange wine is a proper traditional-method sparkling wine with big flavors and real texture. It’s packed with fresh apricot and white flowers (jasmine), with energetic bubbles and mild tannins that lend significant structure without being overpowering.

To get a wine that is orange in color, the winemakers take white grapes (Pinot Grigio & Albarino) and treat them like a red wine. This wine underwent native fermentation while on skins for seven days to extract both flavor and color. It was then pressed and barrel aged for one year. This aging softened tannins and developed the luxurious mouthfeel you'll love in this wine. 

The wine was blended with a little Rose of Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Albariño, bottled, had its second fermentation, then was disgorged by hand. The resulting sparkler is juicy, rich and layered.

35% Albariño (nine days on skins), 35% Pinot Grigio (eight days on skins), 15% Pinot Noir (direct press), 15% Chardonnay (direct press).