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Aureo Orange 2019

Price: $31.95
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Tasting notes

The technique here flips the orange wine script: Merlot juice ferments on Chardonnay skins rather than the other way around, yielding a golden-amber wine with the texture of a skin-contact white and the faint red-fruit undercurrent of a rosé. Eight months in neutral barrel adds weight without oak flavor, and the zero-additions approach keeps the fruit from Olson Ranch's 500-foot gravelly site front and center.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
ApricotWhite PeachHoneyDried Tea Leaves
Dry/Sweet:Dry
Wine Type:Orange Wine
Wine Style:Medium Body
Grapes:70% Merlot, 30% Chardonnay
Farming:Sustainable
Vintage:2019
Alcohol:N/A
Country:USA
Region:Sonoma Valley
Appellation:Sonoma Valley AVA
Bottle Size:750ml
Sugar Level:Zero Added Sugar
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Producer profile

Dan Marioni

Dan Marioni is a fifth-generation Sonoma native who holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and spent approximately five years working at Tesla before transitioning into winemaking. In 2016, he went to Coturri Winery in Glen Ellen to work harvest and did not leave. He began working with Nic Coturri on the Sonoma Mtn Winery label, learning what is known as the Coturri approach to winemaking: nothing added, nothing taken away.

In 2019, Dan took over winemaking responsibilities from Nic Coturri and launched his own label, Marioni Wine, producing wine at Magnolia Wine Services in Sonoma and at Coturri Winery. The farming philosophy prioritizes organic practices, with no pesticides or chemicals, minimal sulfur, and minimal irrigation. The estate vineyards in Sonoma Valley are hand-farmed, and Marioni has described the label's mission as proving that intentional farming leads to higher quality wines.

Áureo is produced and bottled at Coturri Winery. Fruit comes from Olson Ranch in the Sonoma Valley AVA, a block originally planted and farmed by Phil Coturri. Winemaking is zero-intervention: spontaneous fermentation in open-top fermenters, hand punch-downs, basket press, and eight months in neutral barrel. The wine is unfiltered and bottled with no added sulfites.

Wine region

Sonoma Valley, USA

Sonoma Valley AVA sits in the southeastern corner of Sonoma County, bounded to the west by the Sonoma Mountains and to the east by the Mayacamas Range. The valley is the driest area in all of Sonoma County, sheltered from Pacific fog by the surrounding peaks. Cooling influence comes northward from San Pablo Bay through the Los Carneros region, producing significant diurnal temperature swings that preserve natural acidity in the grapes.

Soils in Sonoma Valley vary considerably across the appellation, from fertile loamy valley floor soils with clay pockets to rockier, well-drained foothill sites. The Olson Ranch, the source vineyard for Áureo, sits at 500 feet in gravelly loam clay. Sonoma Valley's primary red varieties include Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Zinfandel, with Chardonnay dominant among whites. The AVA was officially recognized in 1981 and encompasses approximately 5,500 acres under vine.

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