L'Entremetteuse, Four Skins

Wine Type: Orange/Skin Contact White

Grape(s): 35% Viognier, 33% Roussanne, 27% Marsanne, 5% Sémillon

Country: Chile

Region: Colchagua

Organic: No

Vegan: Yes

ABV: 13%

Tasting Notes: Immediately appealing with aromas of russet apple, dried orange peel, ripe stone fruit, a lovely herbal top note of thyme and mint, plus floral hints. In the mouth, autumnal orchard fruit combines with ripe orange, quince and peach, with some creaminess to the textured mid-palate, balanced by vibrant acidity, finishing tangy and crisp with a bite of red apple. This wine is unfiltered and low sulphur.

Winemaking: 15 year old Mediterranean grape varieties with drop irrigation. Also, the Sémillon comes from a Lolol vineyard that is 100 years old without any irrigation.

The harvest is done by hand in small containers to avoid crushing, the transport is done at the Puquillay cellar, where the grapes are de-stemmed and put in flextank eggs without the addition of sulphites. On one side is a co-fermentation of Marsanne/Roussanne/Viognier and on the other the Sémillon on its own. The alcoholic fermentation and maceration last for 1.5 months in refrigerated containers with punching down and indigenous yeasts. The presses are then separated. The wines are stored in old barrels for 6 months without filtration or sulphites before being bottled.