Orange wines may be all the rage, but they are not all created alike. The Naranjo Torontel comes from dry-farmed vines planted in 1945 in Maule, and the skins are fermented and macerated in an open barrel for over six months. The 100 percent Torontel looks like the late afternoon sun, just barely golden, and offers an inviting aroma of apricots, grapefruit, ripe peach, and orange peel. It’s bone dry with faint hints of spice and mandarin offset by ripe tannins and a long finish. This wine is the perfect example of why orange wine is trending.
Maturana, Maule Valley (Chile) Torontel 2019
By Miranda Franco