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Here you have six of the most delicious skin contact / orange / amber wines around!
Skin-contact wines (aka 'orange' or 'amber' wines) is the ancient winemaking approach to making white wine, that has become hugely popular all over again. By leaving the grape juice on its skins for varying periods of time, you extract extra colour, aromas, flavours and textures, that make for a wildly delicious drinking experience.
This pack contains six of our most popular and delicious 'skinsy' wines, and is the perfect way to introduce yourself to this fascinating wine style!
- 2023 Unico Zelo Esoterico
- 2024 Somos Naranjito
- 2025 Havilah OGG
- 2025 Blind Corner Orange in Colour
- 2025 Dormilona Orenji
- 2024/25 Smallfry Tangerine Dream
2023 Unico Zelo Esoterico
"The chief driver is pure drinkability - a 'scrumptious' quality - mouthwatering acidity and 'say hello!' tannins. It's a Bohemian at heart."
- Brendan & Laura Carter on the Esoterico
Esoterico has been a cult hit since the early days of Unico Zelo, and the 2023 release shows just how far Brendan and Laura Carter have taken the style. It’s not white, not red – call it orange, amber, or just plain addictive – but whatever label you give it, this is one of the most drinkable skin-contact wines in the country.
Built from a head-turning mix of Zibibbo, Gewürztraminer, Moscato Giallo, Greco and a touch of Fiano, it’s a riot of aromatics – think citrus peel, ginger, mandarin oil and heady florals – with a fine line of tannin giving shape to all that energy. Cloudy, amber in colour and unapologetically wild, but crucially: it’s balanced, refreshing and incredibly easy to pour another glass.
No additions (beyond a touch of sulphur at bottling), no fining, no filtration – just fruit, skins and time doing their thing. That raw honesty is why Esoterico has earned its cult status, and why every new release disappears so quickly.
Drink it cold, drink it with friends, and don’t overthink it. This is Unico Zelo at their most fun.
2024 Somos Naranjito
Here’s a skin-contact white that’s full of attitude but still ridiculously easy to drink. The Somos Naranjito is an orange wine made for people who don’t usually like orange wine - or for those who do and want something a little more chill in the glass.
Mostly Verdelho (with a splash of Viognier), the fruit is grown organically and handled with just the right amount of flair by Mauricio Ruiz Cantu. One part is wild-fermented and matured on lees in old oak for a creamy edge; the other part gets the full skin-contact treatment for a massive six months, amping up the texture and spice.
Naranjito is a juicy, gingery orange wine with notes of mandarin peel, orange blossom, soft brioche and that gently grippy finish that makes it so damn good with food. It’s got all the personality you want from an orange wine, minus the hard edges.
Bright, textured and ultra-smashable - this is lo-fi winemaking at its most drinkable.
93 points
"Mustard and coriander seeds, struck flint, some orange oil and a pine/cedar note. There’s a slipperiness to texture, and silty grip, a distinct membrillo note closing out. Manchego, please."
- Marcus Ellis (Halliday Wine Companion)
2025 Havilah OGG
The OGG is where Ricky Evans lets his hair down. It is a shape-shifting blend from the Tamar Valley that changes every year depending on what the season throws at him. For 2025, it is a mash-up of Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris and Chardonnay sourced from the Waverly and Highclare vineyards.
This is proper "skinsy" white wine. Ricky co-fermented the Gewürztraminer and Chardonnay, leaving them on skins for a solid three to four weeks to extract all that spice and phenolic structure. The Pinot Gris came in a bit later and saw just a week on skins before the whole lot was pressed to tank. It spent three months sitting on light lees to build texture before bottling.
It has a gorgeous golden glow. It is wildly aromatic, throwing out notes of citrus peel, fresh ginger and ripe stone fruit. The palate has a gentle, savoury grip from the skin contact, but it stays juicy and approachable. It is textural, spicy and dangerously easy to drink.
2025 Blind Corner Orange in Colour
This is Blind Corner’s easygoing take on orange wine - bright, textured, and just the right amount of wild. Made from a mix of biodynamic Chenin, Sauv Blanc, Semillon, Chardonnay and a dash of Aligoté, all from their Quindalup vineyard.
The grapes spent a few days on skins for a bit of grip and that soft amber glow, then finished fermenting in stainless and old oak. Nothing too funky or full-on - just a gentle, fresh style that keeps the fruit front and centre.
It’s zippy, lightly savoury and super drinkable, with enough texture to keep it interesting without tipping into weird. A great option if you’re orange-curious but not up for anything too out there. Chill it down, crack it open, and pass it around - it’s that kind of wine.
2025 Dormilona Orenji
This is the perfect 'training-wheels' wine if you're just getting into skin-contact white wines.
Orenji is a cheeky little number. A blend of Semillon and Sauvignon Blanc, hand-harvested from an organic vineyard in Margaret River. Jo let the fruit hang out on skins for two weeks before pressing it and putting it to bed in both barrel and ceramic egg.
She wants this to be a friendly style of orange wine, not a big, scary, chewy number.
It's something you can knock back without thinking too much about. and if keen to get your head around skinsy whites it a terrific place start.
2024/25 Smallfry Tangerine Dream
The Tangerine Dream is one of the most experimental of the Smallfry wines. After sampling a few things at the Rootstock natural wine festival a couple of years ago, Wayne thought he might try his hand at making an amber wine. This is his eighth dig at the style and it's a beauty.
This skin-contact field blend of Semillon, Pedro Ximenes, Riesling, Roussanne and Muscat is the embodiment of Wayne's creative winemaking exploration, a left of centre amber wine for this region so steeped in tradition.
And quite simply, it is down-right delicious. We love it when winemakers broaden their horizons and just give something a go. Sometimes when you take a chance you can end up in a Tangerine Dream...
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