Domaine des Tourelles Skin Contact Merweh / 2020 / 75cl

An impressive take on an orange wine from one of Lebanon's oldest wineries.  Produced from Merweh, an indigenous Lebanese grape variety, given a dose of skin contact followed by maturation in qvevri, this is something different and with real character.

The nose rises up out to the glass to greet, with waves of spice, sweet clementine infused fruit, and what can only be described as a sense of warmth.  The palate opens up fresh and breezy, with the ripe apple and orange fruit coming through to fill up the mid palate.  While nothing like as grippy as some orange wine there's also a pleasing hit of tannins, helping give the wine real structure and definition.

Domaine des Tourelles