Warsaw. Wine Tasting Kontakt Wino & Bistro “maceration”

The 3rd meeting of the Terroirist Club hosted by Piotr Pietras MS was held on 28th of September at Kontakt Wino & Bistro. Under the theme of maceration, we tasted 9 expressive, diverse orange wines of varying lengths of maceration, country of origin, variety, and the wine maker. My palate was taken by the Ribolla 2010 from Josko Gravner, Solo 2015 from Paolo Vodopivec and the macerated Gewürztraminer from the Alsatian project Les Vins Pirouettes, but the biggest surprise of the evening was the last wine, which country of origin we guessed blind. Our table was betting on Georgia, and we weren't very wrong, as Qvevri from Polish Winnica Płochockich is a unique wine fermented and aged in original Georgian amphoras.

1. Bodegas Forjas del Salnés, Rias Baixas, Spain, Cos Pes 2020 - salty, citrusy Albariño character, lemon zest, lime, honey - 113 PLN

2. Tetramythos Winery, Peloponnese, Greece, Roditis Orange Natur 2021 - lemon, mirabelle, orange, apple, herbaceousness, balanced and precise - 107,5 PLN

3. Mother Rock, Swartland, South Africa, Liquid Skin 2021 - orange, peach, lemon, kombucha, lightness over concentration, low alcohol and high acidity - 132 PLN

4. Les Vins Pirouettes, Alsace, France, L'Etalon de Franck 20218 - ginger, rose, candied fruit, tea-like bitterness - 194 PLN

5. Vina Čotar, Karst, Slovenia, Malvazija 2018 - VA, nail polish remover - 170 PLN

6. Paolo Vodopivec , Friuli, Italy, Solo 2015 - peach, apricot, florality, slight smokiness, airy and fine - last bottles in Poland - 299 PLN

7. Weingut Maria und Sepp Muster, Styria, Astria, Erde 2018 - physiological, meat, oats, peach, drab, bitterness - 278 PLN

8. Josko Gravner, Friuli, Italy, Ribolla 2010 - caramel, black tea, spices, spiciness, chamomile, peach ice tea - 474 PLN

9. Winnica Płochockich, Wilczyce, Poland, Qvevri - orange peel, dried fruit, nuts and cloves, stalky, tannic tart

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