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L'Archetipo

Litrotto Orange 2018

Price: $26.95
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Tasting notes

This is a genuinely easy-drinking orange wine with real texture: the skin contact pulls out a saline, herbal edge from the Falanghina and Verdeca that you rarely find at this price. The one-liter format makes it ideal for the table, and the low sulfites keep everything fresh and alive in the glass.

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  • Style: Dry, medium-bodied orange wine; amber hue; citrus, herbs, and saline mineral notes; 12.5% ABV; 1-liter bottle
  • Grapes & Terroir: Falanghina and Verdeca; Castellaneta, Puglia; clay and loam over siliceous gravel and humus; ICEA organic, biodynamic, synergistic farming
  • Winemaking: Native yeast fermentation (pied de cuve); skin maceration; soft pressed; lees aging; no fining, no filtration; minimal SO2 at bottling
  • Serving: Serve at 50-55F; slight chill highlights citrus and salinity
  • Pairing: Grilled fish, seafood pasta, scamorza, caciocavallo, roasted vegetables, mezze
  • Similar To: For fans of Gravner, Dario Princic, or anyone who wants a softer, food-friendly entry point into orange wine

Litrotto Orange is a skin-contact wine from L'Archetipo, a family estate in Castellaneta, in the Murgia area of Puglia. The wine is made from Falanghina and Verdeca, two indigenous white varieties of southern Italy, grown on clay and loam soils rich in siliceous gravel and humus. Grapes are hand-harvested at the end of September and fermented spontaneously using a pied de cuve of native yeasts.

Skin maceration gives the wine its amber hue and gentle grip. After pressing, the wine rests on fine lees without fining or filtration. A minimal addition of sulfur dioxide is added only at bottling. The result is a dry, textured orange wine with citrus, stone fruit, and herbal character typical of the Puglian coast and scrubland.

L'Archetipo practices Synergistic Agriculture, a no-plow, no-chemical approach inspired by the writings of Rudolf Steiner and Masanobu Fukuoka. The estate is ICEA-certified organic and has farmed biodynamically since 2000. Vines are trained in free-standing espalier at approximately 4,545 plants per hectare.

This wine is bottled in a one-liter format under the PGI Puglia appellation, making it one of the most accessible and generously sized natural orange wines available at this price point.

Works well with grilled fish, seafood pasta, and fried vegetables. The herbal and saline notes make it a natural match for spun-paste cheeses like scamorza or caciocavallo. Also solid alongside Middle Eastern mezze or roasted root vegetables.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Orange Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Falanghina, Verdeca
Farming:, Organic and Biodynamic
Vintage:, 2018
Alcohol:, 12.5%
Country:, Italy
Region:, Puglia
Appellation:, Puglia IGP
Bottle Size:, 1L
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

L'Archetipo

L'Archetipo is a family estate located in Castellaneta, at the foot of the Bari Murgia in Puglia. It was founded by Francesco Valentino Dibenedetto, an agronomist whose family has farmed the land for generations. He runs the estate with his wife Anna Maria and their four children: Carlo Nazareno, Domenico, Andrea, and Maria Clelia. The estate farms approximately 20 hectares of vineyards alongside around 35 hectares of ancient grains.

Francesco began converting the estate to organic farming in the 1980s, transitioned to biodynamic practices in 2000 guided by Rudolf Steiner's philosophy, and later adopted Synergistic Agriculture — a no-till, no-plow framework influenced by the work of Japanese farmer Masanobu Fukuoka. The vineyards are dry farmed on unplowed land, with no herbicides or pesticides. Vines are trained in free-standing espalier, a system Francesco associates with Steiner's concept of natural freedom. The estate holds ICEA organic certification.

In the cellar, built entirely in tuff stone, the goal is minimal intervention. Fermentation is spontaneous, initiated by a pied de cuve of native yeasts. Wines are not filtered or fined. A very small addition of sulfur dioxide is made at bottling. The Litrotto range is made in one-liter bottles and sits under the PGI Puglia appellation, reflecting the estate's intention to produce authentic, accessible wines from indigenous southern Italian varieties.

Wine region

Puglia, Italy

Puglia occupies the heel of Italy's boot, stretching from the Adriatic to the Ionian Sea. The region has a hot, dry Mediterranean climate tempered along the coasts by sea breezes. Inland, the Murgia plateau — a limestone and clay tableland rising to around 400–500 meters — provides cooler growing conditions and well-draining soils. L'Archetipo's vineyards sit in Castellaneta, at the foot of the Bari Murgia, where the estate borders both the province of Bari and Basilicata.

Puglia's white wine landscape is dominated by indigenous varieties. Verdeca is most commonly found in the Locorotondo DOC and Martina Franca DOC, where it contributes citrus and herbal aromatics and firm acidity. Falanghina, originally associated with Campania, is also grown widely in Puglia under the IGP Puglia designation. Both varieties are permitted and well-suited to skin-contact winemaking, given their natural acidity and aromatic profile. The broader Puglia IGP appellation covers the entire region and allows for flexible blending of these native white grapes.

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