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Senza Rete Vermentino Orange | Tuscany, Italy

£14.70

‘Senza Rete’ is the Italian for ‘without a safety net’.

The values Senza Rete embodies are more about ‘withouts’ than ‘withs’. Its name has a classic circus legacy, chosen because like the best acrobats nature always finds its balance without the need for any ‘safety net’.

The venture is a homage to traditional Tuscan wines; a project by winemaker and consultant Maurizio Castelli, backed by Master of Wine Gabriele Gorelli.

This orange wine is made from 100% Vermintino grapes coming from hand harvested organic dry-farmed vineyards on the Tuscan coast, near to Alberese. They are mainly low-yielding parcels, from fine sandy soils.

Vinification is by skin contact fermentation in stainless-steel vats with 3 months on fine lees. Indigenous wild yeasts are used, no temperature control, no enzymes or other additions. It is naturally fermented to dryness (residual sugars <1 g/l); bottled unfiltered, unfined with no added SO2.

A limited production of 4000 bottles

‘Senza Rete’ is the Italian for ‘without a safety net’.

The values Senza Rete embodies are more about ‘withouts’ than ‘withs’. Its name has a classic circus legacy, chosen because like the best acrobats nature always finds its balance without the need for any ‘safety net’.

The venture is a homage to traditional Tuscan wines; a project by winemaker and consultant Maurizio Castelli, backed by Master of Wine Gabriele Gorelli.

This orange wine is made from 100% Vermintino grapes coming from hand harvested organic dry-farmed vineyards on the Tuscan coast, near to Alberese. They are mainly low-yielding parcels, from fine sandy soils.

Vinification is by skin contact fermentation in stainless-steel vats with 3 months on fine lees. Indigenous wild yeasts are used, no temperature control, no enzymes or other additions. It is naturally fermented to dryness (residual sugars <1 g/l); bottled unfiltered, unfined with no added SO2.

A limited production of 4000 bottles

Origin: Tuscany, Italy

Grapes: Vermentino

Tasting Notes: A orange/amber colour with a slight haze. Interesting and complex there is an intensity of clementine, orange, peach, apricot, melon and pear aromas with some floral notes. The palate gives strawberry, orange zest, tangerine and marmalade, with a mineral edge plus a yeasty creaminess from the low intervention. Dry with a nicely balanced medium body and finish.

ABV: 12.5%

Vintage: 2023

Ageing potential:

Attributes: oak aged, minimum use of sulphites, no filtering or fining, limited production

Closure: cork

Farming: certified organic

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Winemaker: Maurizio Castelli

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