Tinto Amorio 'Monje' Skin Contact Orange 2023 Paso Robles, California

Colombard, Gewürztraminer, Zinfandel, Albariño

Paso Robles, California

The whole berries were gently added to tank for a semi-carbonic fermentation for 7 days before being pressed. Fermentation was native with an experimental 10% Zinfandel field-blend co-ferment. The skin-contact orange wine was aged sur lie before being racked off the thick lees and coarse filtered on a full moon's day. Each bottle was waxed by hand. Unfined, coarse filtered, native fermentation and semi-carbonic. <30ppm of sulfur added. Produced in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, California. 

Founder Anish Patel endured a near-fatal car accident and decided to rethink his career path. While Patel at one point considered becoming a monk, half a year of introspection helped pushed him to take his talents to California, translating the learnings from his previous career into building a natural wine label in California.

T. Edwards