A skin-contact Malvasia Bianca from Natalino Del Prete in the Salento, made with 5 days of maceration on the skins and fermented in cement without temperature control, producing a wine of floral freshness, honeyed depth, and a saline mineral finish.
Tasting Notes
Pale amber-gold. The nose is floral and fragrant with acacia honey, apricot, dried citrus peel, and a fresh herbal note. On the palate it is dry despite the honeyed aromatics, with a textural grip from skin contact, good natural acidity, and a long, mineral, slightly salty finish. A genuinely beautiful orange wine from one of Puglia's finest small producers.
Quick Facts
- Grape: 100% Malvasia Bianca
- Origin: Italy, Puglia, Salento (clay and limestone soils)
- Style: Orange wine, 5 days skin maceration, cement fermentation, zero added sulphur
- Winemaking: Manual harvest, 5 days skin maceration, ambient temperature cement fermentation with indigenous yeast, no additions, no filtration or fining
- Suitable for vegetarians and vegans
Food Pairing
Grilled fish, seafood, burrata, aged Caciocavallo, and vegetable-forward Puglian dishes.
Serving
Serve at 12-14°C. Open 15 minutes before serving and watch it evolve.
About the Producer
Natalino Del Prete is a small organic estate in Puglia's Gioia del Colle and Salento zones, farming without chemicals on the region's distinctive limestone and clay soils. Best known for his Primitivo, Natalino has quietly built a range of indigenous white and red varieties vinified with absolute minimal intervention that are among the most honest and expressive wines in southern Italy.
