Costador

Costador Metamorphika Macabeu Orange 2024

Price: $50.00
Tasting notes

This is a skin-contact orange wine that is stony, aromatic, and mineral, with flavors of apple, grapefruit, mint, and orange. Producer-aligned notes describe round fruit and texture with peach, orange, white flowers, and warm spices, finishing dry with fresh acidity. The wine begins and ends its vinification in clay.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Dried ApricotLemon PeelHoneyHazelnut
Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Orange Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Macabeu
Farming:, Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:, 2024
Alcohol:, 13%
Country:, Spain
Region:, Conca de Barberà
Appellation:, Conca de Barberà DO
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

  • Style: Dry orange wine; skin contact; aromas of apple, grapefruit, mint, orange; 13% ABV
  • Grapes & Terroir: 100% Macabeu; organic and biodynamic; slate, clay, and limestone soils, Conca de Barberà
  • Winemaking: Macerated on skins about eight weeks; spontaneous fermentation in clay amphorae; aged on lees seven months in used oak; unfiltered; bottled in clay
  • Serving: Serve chilled
  • Pairing: Grilled shrimp, salmon, sushi, gazpacho, richer white fish and meat dishes
  • Similar To: Other skin-contact orange wines from Conca de Barberà or Catalonia

Costador Metamorphika Macabeu Orange is a skin-contact natural wine made from 100% organically farmed Macabeu grapes grown in Catalonia, Spain. Costador is run by Joan Franquet and works with organic and biodynamic practices on a singular mountain where the vineyards are mostly between 60 and 110 years old, across slate, clay, and limestone soils at altitudes between 400 and 800 meters. The grapes are macerated on the skins for about eight weeks, with spontaneous fermentation in clay amphorae using native yeasts. The wine is moved to used oak barrels to complete malolactic fermentation, rests on the lees for seven months, and is bottled unfiltered in clay bottles.

The skin maceration adds depth of flavor and tannin, which suits richer white fish and meat dishes. It also pairs with tapas such as grilled shrimp, salmon, sushi, and gazpacho.

Important information

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

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If you'd like to receive a refund for a package that was returned to us after FedEx made three delivery attempts, we can do that but we must keep a $20 refund fee; FedEx charges us a lot of money for returns, unfortunately, I can't stress this enough.


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Producer profile

Costador

Costador Terroirs Mediterranis is run by winemaker Joan Franquet and is located on a singular mountain in the Conca de Barberà DO of central Catalonia, with plots scattered around the Tarragona province. The estate works with old, native, and sometimes nearly extinct grape varieties ranging in age from 60 to 110 years.

Costador works with organic and biodynamic practices, with some vineyards certified. The vineyards span diverse terroirs of slate, clay, and limestone at altitudes between 400 and 800 meters, where high temperature contrast allows the grapes to mature over long periods while preserving freshness and acidity.

Joan Franquet uses wild and autochthonous yeasts, with fermentation primarily in amphorae or stainless steel tanks. The Metamorphika wines begin and end the vinification process in clay, fermented in clay amphorae before being bottled in clay bottles, and the wines are unfiltered.

Wine region

Conca de Barberà, Spain

Conca de Barberà sits in the heart of Catalonia, surrounded on all sides by other wine regions, with Costers del Segre to the north, Tarragona to the south, Penedès to the east, and Montsant to the west. The word conca is Catalan for basin, describing the geography formed by the combined valleys of the Francolí and Anguera rivers, above which rise low-lying mountain ranges. The climate is temperate Mediterranean with hot summers and cold winters, an average annual temperature of 14 °C, and annual rainfall around 500 mm. The mountain ranges protect the area from wind while high altitude keeps summers from becoming too hot, and there is a risk of frost in spring at the highest altitudes.

Most of the vines grow on dark lime-bearing soils that are loose and poor in organic matter, with slate found toward the foothills of the Sierra de Prades. The most idiosyncratic variety is Trepat, grown only in this part of Spain, while Macabeu and Parellada are also important white grapes, prized by Cava producers for their acidity.

Frequently asked question

We will process and ship your order in 2-3 business days, you will receive a shipping confirmation email with tracking as soon as the Carrier scans the shipping label.

Ground shipping time depends on location, here's a breakdown:

West Coast: 1-2 business days
Midwest: 3-4 business days
East Coast: 5 business days

Process time is not shipping time. Shipping time starts from the days successive to the day of shipping, after the order has been processed.

See here our shipping policy.

Signature on delivery is mandatory for wine deliveries. Please make sure someone is at the shipping address to sign for the package.

If applicable, please consider delivering the package to a business address to ensure someone is available to sign for the package.

We also have the option of delivering the package to a Carrier's store for pickup. Please reach out to us to coordinate.

Carrier will try to delivery a package up to three times before returning the package to us.

See here our shipping policy.

If you miss a delivery and a package gets returned to us we have two options:

1) Reship the package right away: due to the very high cost of shipping and returns, we must charge a re-shipping fee to be determined based on package size and shipping destination.

2) Consolidate the returned package with your next order: this option is free of charge and it's the most popular option.

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