Take your pick

These are orange wines that I recommend are worth trying:

CARTUXA VINHO DE CURTIMENTA WHITE 2017

This wine is a blend of the Arinto, Roupeiro, Fernão Pires, Trincadeira das Pratas, and Malvasia Rei grape varieties.

Tanning lasts for 29 days in carving, which is very evident in the complex aromas of dry vegetables and citrus fruits. Great harmony and perfect acid balance appear on the palate with this elegant and vibrant wine.

Producer: Cartuxa (Alentejo) cartuxa.pt/en/ wine-portfolio/cartuxa-whitecurtimenta-wine-doc-alentejoevora/

ANSELMO MENDES

CURTIMENTA WHITE

This is a multi-awarded winning wine made from the emblematic grape variety of the Vinho Verde region, Alvarinho.

The wine completes fermentation in used barrels, in addition to undergoing an aging period of nine months also in used barrels, and then another six months in the bottle.

With an intense yellow colour, and aromas of citric fruits and floral nuances, it is a soft, fullbodied, and very persistent wine, characteristic of the grape variety used.

Producer: Anselmo Mendes (Vinho Verde) anselmomendes.pt/en/wine/ vinhos-verdes/36

FITAPRETA – A LARANJA

MECÂNICA is a beautiful orange wine with a wonderful dark golden hue. The wine is creamy yet structured with character and notes of rooibos, saffron, grapefruit, and a lovely herbal undertow.

A deliciously textured palate, with the right amount of grip and lick of acidity, it is spicy and herbal, an orange wine in more than just colour.

Producer: Fita Preta Vinhos (Alentejo) antoniomacanita. com/en/onlinewines/fita-pretavinhos/a-laranjamecanica-2020

QUINTA DE SANTA TERESA CURTIMENTA

I would suggest this wine for organic wine lovers. It is a white tanning wine made from the Avesso single grape in the Minho region. The tanning process promotes the dissolution of more phenolic compounds and tannins, resulting in a wine with amberorange tones. It is partially aged in barrels for six months, and then in stainless steel vats. No animal derivatives are used.

Expect expressive notes of dehydrated fruit, dried oregano, and tea leaves on the nose. Typical rusticity of the astringency of the tannins in a combination of notes of dried fruits, bay leaves, and loquats on the palate.

Producer: A&D Wines (Baião, Vinho Verde) andwines.pt/ wines/quintade-santa-teresa/ curtimenta/2022/