Veneto IGT Garganega "Oran-go" 2023 - Santa Colomba

Orango-go   - Santa Colomba

“Oran-go” of Santa Colomba is not one of those caricatured “orange wines”, with a troubled and impertinent hand, which show a desire for showiness but lack of formal expertise. This garganega vinified in red is born on the Berici Hills and macerates for ten days in cool steel, before refining part in tanks and part in wood. The result is rewarding: a wine with a veiled golden color, which winds between spices and incense, violet and oriental notes. Its floral timbre is found in the mouth, with a chewable but fine and sweet air. Such elegant executions are rare when it comes to “orange” wines!

Service

It is recommended to taste it at a temperature of 6/8 ° in tulip goblets. Wine to drink immediately.

Pairing

Great with homemade cold meats, first courses, to try with a plate of fried fish and polenta.

Cellar: Santa Colomba

Santa Colomba is a very recent project, inaugurated in the current management in 2016, but with very clear ideas. Marco Dani and Gianfranco Mistrorigo, respectively agronomist and oenologist of the company, were also the creators of this new chapter of a story that began in the distant 10th century. Franco Giacosa also collaborates. On the hill of villa San Fermo in Lonigo, western branch of the Berici Hills, today 8 and a half hectares of vineyards are growing, first of all Garganega - the vine of the territory - but also Istrian Malvasia and Bordeaux cultivars. Marco and Gianfranco immediately choose the organic route (the certification comes into force obviously from 2019), with the intent to bring to life and support the botanical variety of a hill where, next to the historic villa, there is a splendid English park rich in trees and numerous plant species. The approach in the winemaking phase is fully coherent with the viticultural one: spontaneous fermentations are entrusted to a pied de cuve from indigenous yeasts, the refinements take place on the fine lees, without any forced clarification, but limiting to a coarse filtration before going into bottle if necessary. The management of sulphites is prudent and proportionate to the real needs of individual wines. The end result is surprisingly fine and elegant.