Southern Rhône, Same River Twice, Natural Orange, Vin De France, Orange
Southern Rhône, Same River Twice, Natural Orange, Vin De France, Orange
Same River Twice Wines was created by James, a wine agent and former importer in Tokyo, in partnership with Laurent, a local vigneron whose family has farmed the area for over 300 years, to make a style of wine for people who love the aromatic richness of our terroir but seek wines with a lighter touch. Laurent farms the vines and they make the wines together. Their shared obsessions are healthy soil, healthy grapes and blends that show terroir, or provenance, in its truest form. They’ve worked together s
Presentation
They made their first commercial release of Orange wine in 2022 following a couple of years of trial and error. Amazingly it was rated one of the Top Five Orange wines in a tasting by the prestigious World of Fine Wine magazine in November 2023.
Winemaking
The grape berries are de-stemmed and then moved direct to steel tank to ferment using natural yeasts with temperatures only lightly controlled to a relatively warm 22ºC to get stability and a balance of fruit and other aromatics. It fermented slowly over 15 days when we racked and returned it to the same tank where it remained until bottling on January 10. The malo-lactic fermentation happened naturally and adds to the roundness and complexity.
Varietals
Rolle: 100
Specifications
Alcohol content: 13% vol.
GM: NO
Allergenes: Contains sulphites. Does not contain egg or egg products. Does not contain milk or milk-based products.
