A new color has arrived for wines and it is orange. Although they seem like a novelty, orange wines have been hidden within the traditional ways of making wine for more than 6,000 years. Now it has become a new stream to be discovered by wine lovers. And we have our favorites within the Spanish orange wines, which you can find in our store. The secret behind its orange colour, more vivid than white, red or rosé, is fermentation with the skin on. The grapes used to make orange wine are the same as for white wine, however, the process is different.
Orange wines from Spanish producers are increasingly popular
The orange wines come from an ancient method in which the grapes were left to macerate in clay vessels. Neither the skins nor the stems nor the seeds were removed from these grapes. And that is why the resulting wine has that amber color that has become so fashionable in the last year.
Another reason why it has become so fashionable is because it is a process with much fewer steps than for other types of wine, which requires less intervention and makes them artisan wines. This not only causes its orange color, but also a more intense flavor and aromas, and sometimes these wines without any type of treatment such as filtering or refining, may appear cloudier compared to the most common white, rosé or red wines. But processes with little intervention have become one of the things that most interests some of the wine lovers and wine producers. For this reason, now you can find even one of the Spanish orange wines among the options of each winery in our land.
Spanish orange wines that you can buy at BlancoTinto
1. Joan of the Nimi House
If you want to try an orange wine, but you are not very convinced and therefore do not want to spend a lot of money, we recommend the wines from the Alicante winery Joan de la Casa Nimi. Depending on the vintage, you can find different wines, from the most evolved and complex to the youngest and lightest. Round between €12 and €14.
2. Llanos Negros Los Tabaqueros and La Time
Direct from the Canary Islands, the orange wines of the Llanos Negros winery are a peculiarity of short circulation. Only 1,800 bottles of Los Tabaqueros were bottled, after macerating the grapes in stainless steel for nine months and in a tank for 8 years. While there are 2,340 from La Time, bottled after being in storage for 15 years after a 6-day fermentation in cement tanks. Its price is at €20.95.
3. Eulogio Pomares
The interesting orange wines from this Galician winery have been macerated with skins, something unusual in Albariño. In addition to being kept in French oak barrels for 9 months. They are part of a limited edition of around 1,200 bottles each vintage (2017 and 2018). Its price is €36.95.
These are some of the Spanish orange wines that you can find at BlancoTinto, our online store. We invite you to see our entire collection and start experimenting with this new but not so new growing trend of Spanish orange wines.
