2023 Love You Bunches Orange

Label: Stolpman Vineyards
Vintage: 2023
Fruit: Blend
Region: Santa Barbara, California
ABV: 12.5%

seven days on skins

shaved coconut / squirt soda / when they give you that hawk tuah

Vacation in a bottle! Lychee, orange blossom, Thai basil, Apricot, and Grapefruit.  The wine keeps going with layer on layer of waves washing over the palate bringing with them touches of tangerine, tarragon, and firm crunchy peach.  As I type these notes on the North Shore of Oahu, my mind takes me to an adult version of yummy POG juice, a joy that 5 year old Auggie and 3 year old Otto tried for the first time this trip! I reckon smelling and tasting the 2022 Love You Bunches Orange will forever take me back here to the Islands! 

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The cold, windy springtime conditions especially affected the more delicate white varietals. Far fewer clusters budded than even our conservative forecasts for these old, conservative vines.  With the addition of Tocai Fruilano to our orange wine quiver, we anticipated a nice increase in production but instead wound up over 25% down from 2021.  As is almost always the case, with lack of quantity came amazing quality – a new level of tactile depth and a bright, dynamic flavor profile.  A fine, unfiltered haze, just shy of transparency, lends even more texture to the 2022. This year, the entire cuvee rested in barrel (rather than a combination of tank and barrel) for further tactile integration and development.

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Please note, all orders come with chips!