2024 Florez Wines, Kind Of Orange Skin Fermented Cienega Valley, California Liguria but amongst the glistening bottle-lined

but amongst the glistening bottle-lined shelves of The Balvenie’s Sample Room…

The family has owned a parcel in Cerrete

Average age of the vineyard: 18-22 years

80 year-old parcel planted on clay-calcaire in 1942

2024 Florez Wines, Kind Of Orange Skin Fermented Cienega Valley, California Liguria but amongst the glistening bottle-linedYears past Kind of Orange was made from Sauvignon Blanc from Mendocino. Unfortunately, that vineyard fell into disrepair, and Kind of Orange had to be reinvented. While I was listening to a podcast featuring John Kongsgaard in which he was talking about how Viognier was an aromatic variety with notable tannins the light bulb turned on for me. How ideal for an orange wine! Opportunely, Viognier had just become available to me from a promising site near