Migliarina Montozzi Toscana Trebbiano Orange

Pairs with: Grilled octopus, aged Pecorino Toscano, Moroccan spiced roasted carrots with herbed yogurt, or an artisanal board of fatty charcuterie and cured meats.

Good for: Fueling an adventurous dinner party, introducing curious friends to the textural magic of skin-contact amber wines, or enjoying during a long, lazy weekend lunch under the sun.

Grape: 100% Trebbiano (Toscano).

I am from: Toscana IGT, Tuscany, Italy (Sourced from certified organic old vines in the wind-swept Colli Aretini hills).

The Story: Dating back to 1669, the historic estates of Villa Migliarina and Castello di Montozzi have been lovingly steered by the Bartolini Baldelli family for centuries. Today, cousins Antonio and Carlo maintain the rugged property with a refreshing, down-to-earth humility, completely ignoring commercial trends to focus entirely on organic biodiversity. While Tuscany is fiercely celebrated for its bold reds, the cousins recognized a hidden genius in their 50-year-old white Trebbiano vines. By letting the hand-harvested grapes macerate on their skins for seven to eight days in concrete and stainless steel, they revived an ancient, low-intervention style of orange winemaking that coaxes incredible depth out of an otherwise simple grape.

Why You'll Love Me: It is vibrant, beautifully complex, and brilliantly balances refreshing energy with an exotic, savory texture. It pours a gorgeous, luminous amber-orange hue in the glass. The nose is highly expressive and unexpected, bursting with wild aromas of dried apricots, bitter orange peel, and honeyed marmalade, all elegantly underlined by hints of black tea leaf and Mediterranean brush. On the palate, it delivers a medium-bodied profile with a striking, pillowy mouthfeel. Thanks to the skin contact, it brings a gentle, tea-like tannic grip that gives it a fantastic food-friendly weight, while a laser beam of clean acidity drives into a long, dry finish marked by a distinct mineral crunch.