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Orange Wine Trio

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Tasting notes

This trio puts three landmark orange wines side by side so you can taste exactly how geography and technique shape skin-contact wine differently. The Pradarolo delivers chewy, oxidative depth from 180 days on skins; the Artana Rkatsiteli shows the Kakhetian style — walnut, dried apricot, firm grip from qvevri fermentation; the Dinavolo adds aromatic complexity from its four-variety field blend on calcareous Piacenza hillsides.

BodyFruitTanninAcidity
Dried ApricotCandied Orange PeelWalnutDried Tea
  • Style: Dry orange wine trio; three bottles; Emilia-Romagna (x2) and Kakheti, Georgia; ~12.5% ABV; extended skin contact in all three
  • Grapes & Terroir: Malvasia di Candia Aromatica (organic, franco-clay, Parma hills); Rkatsiteli (Artana village, Kakheti, cinnamonic clay soils); Malvasia/Ortrugo/Marsanne/local blend (clay-limestone, Val Trebbia, 350-500m)
  • Winemaking: Vej: native yeast, up to 180-day skin maceration, cement/stainless, zero SO2; Artana: qvevri fermentation and aging, 6-month skin contact, traditional Kakhetian method; Dinavolo: native yeast, months of skin maceration, stainless, zero SO2
  • Serving: Serve at 55-60F; short 15-20 min decant recommended for all three; expect natural haze
  • Pairing: Cured meats, culatello di Parma, aged Parmigiano-Reggiano, roasted pork, lamb, walnut-herb chicken
  • Similar To: For fans of Radikon, Gravner, and qvevri-fermented Georgian amber wines

This trio brings together three distinct expressions of skin-contact winemaking from two countries. Podere Pradarolo's Vej Bianco Antico is 100% Malvasia di Candia Aromatica from organically farmed, south-facing vines on franco-clay soils in Varano de' Melegari, Parma hills, Emilia-Romagna. The grapes undergo up to 180 days of skin maceration in stainless steel and cement tanks, fermented with native yeasts, then bottled without fining, filtration, or added sulfites. Deep amber, chewy tannins, dried white flowers, tea, citrus peel, and preserved stone fruit.

The Artana Rkatsiteli comes from the village of Artana in Kakheti, eastern Georgia, where Anastasia Akhvlediani and Mariam Palavandishvili have farmed and produced wine since 2014. Rkatsiteli is one of Georgia's oldest documented grape varieties, with records tracing it to 3000 BC. The wine is fermented and aged in qvevri — large terracotta vessels buried underground — with six months of skin contact following the traditional Kakhetian method. The result is amber-colored with firm tannins, aromas of dried apricot, orange peel, and walnut, and a textured, dry palate.

The third bottle is Denavolo Dinavolo, made by Giulio Armani from a field blend of Malvasia di Candia Aromatica, Ortrugo, Marsanne, and an unidentified ancient local variety, grown on clay-limestone soils in Val Trebbia, Province of Piacenza, Emilia-Romagna, at approximately 350 to 500 meters elevation. Vines were planted in 1975. Spontaneous fermentation with indigenous yeasts, several months of skin maceration, no fining, no filtration, no added sulfites.

All three wines are dry, all use extended skin contact, and all are made without added sulfur. They represent three producer philosophies — Italian biodynamic minimalism, Georgian qvevri tradition, and Italian field-blend naturalism — unified by their commitment to maceration as the core winemaking tool.

Serve any of these three alongside cured meats, aged hard cheeses such as Parmigiano-Reggiano or pecorino, or roasted pork. The Rkatsiteli's firm tannins handle oily, spiced dishes well — think lamb kebab or chicken with walnuts and herbs. The Vej Bianco Antico, with its pronounced tannic structure and floral aromatics, works particularly well with charcuterie from the Parma region, including culatello.

Wine details

Dry/Sweet:, Dry
Wine Type:, Orange Wine
Wine Style:, Medium Body
Grapes:, Malvasia di Candia Aromatica, Rkatsiteli, Trebbiano, Marsanne, Ortrugo
Farming:, Organic
Vintage:, Mixed
Alcohol:, 12.5%
Country:, Italy, Georgia
Region:, Emilia-Romagna, Kakheti
Appellation:, Emilia IGT, Kakheti PDO
Bottle Size:, 750ml
Sugar Level:, Zero Added Sugar

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Producer profile

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Podere Pradarolo is operated by Alberto Carretti and Claudia Iannelli in Varano de' Melegari, in the hills surrounding Parma. The Carretti family has worked this land since 1971. Alberto was a technician in the meat trade; Claudia worked in the chemical industry internationally. Neither came from a winemaking background, which informed their willingness to abandon conventional cellar practices entirely. Of the estate's 60 hectares, only five are planted to vines — three hectares in 1989, two more in 2005.

The vineyards are organically and biodynamically farmed on south-facing slopes at 250 to 500 meters, on franco-clay soils, along the left bank of the Ceno River. In the cellar, Alberto practices extended maceration far beyond regional norms — up to 180 days of skin contact for Vej Bianco Antico in stainless steel and cement. Fermentation relies exclusively on native yeasts. Wines receive no sulfur dioxide, fining, or filtration at any stage.

Artana Wines was founded in 2014 by the Rcheulishvili family's descendants — Anastasia Akhvlediani and Mariam Palavandishvili — in the village of Artana, Kakheti, at the foot of the Caucasus. The estate's connection to Artana traces to 2007, when family members purchased vineyards there. All wines are produced using traditional qvevri fermentation: grapes go into buried terracotta vessels with skins, fermentation is stirred multiple times daily, and after fermentation completes the wine is sealed and transferred between qvevri to separate sediment. No additives are used. Denavolo is the personal project of Giulio Armani, founded in 2005 on the slopes of Monte Denavolo in the commune of Travo, Val Trebbia. Armani has been winemaker at La Stoppa in Piacenza since 1980; Denavolo was founded to explore questions that La Stoppa's red-wine focus did not answer. The estate covers approximately 5 hectares, with the core Débé plot — planted in 1975 — supplying fruit for both Dinavolo and Dinavolino. Giulio deliberately avoids DOC or IGT classification to maintain full freedom in winemaking.

Wine region

Emilia-Romagna, Kakheti, Italy, Georgia

Emilia-Romagna stretches across northern Italy from the Po River plains to the Apennine foothills, covering approximately 58,000 hectares under vine. The Parma hills, where Podere Pradarolo is located, sit between 250 and 500 meters elevation along the left bank of the Ceno River, with clay-limestone soils that favor aromatic white varieties. The Val Trebbia in the Province of Piacenza, where Denavolo farms, sits at 350 to 500 meters on predominantly calcareous clay hillsides. While Lambrusco dominates the region's international profile, indigenous varieties including Malvasia di Candia Aromatica and Ortrugo are well-suited to the hills of the Parma and Piacenza provinces, and natural producers here have embraced extended maceration as a way to amplify their character.

Kakheti is eastern Georgia's dominant wine region, stretching across the Alazani River valley between the Greater Caucasus Mountains and Azerbaijan, and accounts for approximately 70 to 76 percent of Georgia's annual grape harvest. Vineyards are cultivated at 250 to 800 meters above sea level, with a continental climate — warm, dry summers moderated by mountain breezes — and characteristic cinnamonic soils: sandy, reddish calcareous clays high in iron. The Likhi Ridge blocks much of the humid air from the west, keeping Kakheti significantly drier than Georgia's Black Sea-facing regions. The village of Artana sits at the southern base of the Caucasus, and Kakheti holds 20 of Georgia's 29 registered PDO wine appellations, including Tsinandali, Mukuzani, Kindzmarauli, and Napareuli. Qvevri winemaking in Georgia was inscribed by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013.

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