Troon Vineyard 2020 Kubli Bench Amber

WINEMAKER NOTES

Troon’s certified regenerative organic and biodynamic orange wine (or AMBER) is a blend of 64% Riesling balanced by 27% Vermentino and 9% Viognier from their estate vineyard. The grapes spend three weeks on skins, imbuing the must with color, texture, and tea-like tannins.

 After pressing, the wine ages on lees for five months in neutral French oak barriques, and it’s bottled very lightly sulfured, un-fined and unfiltered. The result is deep gold-amber color and cloudy, with a fragrance that conjures honeyed apples, dried apricots, fresh hay, gingered peaches.

It’s a TEXTURAL wine that earns a back-palate grip from the grape’s tannins, while a sluice of juicy stone fruit lifts the mid-section. The finish is nut-like, savory — likely from the extended lees contact — and it disappears with a flourish of golden fruits and flowers. The skin contact adds a puzzle piece to the wine’s complexity.

The resulting wine is savory and structured and combines some of the fruitiness of white wines with the backbone of red wines and a beautiful amber color. As a 2020, this wine is young, but so lovely now, complementary to foods with an umami pop (sushi, udon), aged cheese with some sweetness and salt (Gouda, Mimolette), pâté and charcuterie, savory preparations of poultry and rich fish, or dishes featuring lamb, game, dried fruits, or nuts.

750ML