Portokali

Description

Tasting Notes

Pale orange color with golden hues. The color is bright and deep. On the nose, green notes are immediately perceptible due to long maceration, to which are also added hints of citrus, grapefruit and cedar. On the background of grassy scents that recall the herbs of the Murgia. On the palate it is acidic and edgy. A wine that pushes on its tough parts, freshness and tannins make the palate rich in tactile sensations. A wine that does not want to be gentle, but a wine that shows its truest and raw character. Portokali is a journey to an unknown land, it takes moments to adapt but then you never want to go home.

Food Pairing

An orange wine with a strong personality, on the nose and above all on the palate it is a wine that pushes a lot, showing its rawest side. Portokali was born from the desire to experiment, a free wine without conventional structures, a “fun” and at the same time unconventional wine. We would like to keep the same free, borderless approach to food pairing.
Boardless Pairings: Burrata cheese with truffle / Tagliere with different cheeses, spiced cheeses, blue cheeses or aged cheeses /Tripe with tomato. Open a bottle during the aperitif, it will always be a good idea.

Harvest

Hand-picked grapes, in the second week of September.

Vineyard

San Domenico district. Alta Murgia 420 m. a.l.s., medium textured soil with presence of clays and calcareous rocks of Gravina.

Production

Fermentation in steel tanks in contact with its skins. After fermentation follows a maceration of 6 months. In the end, the wine is aged for 12 months in the bottle.

Sulfities

~ 45 – 50 mg/l