Wine Styles
Orange / Amber
Orange / amber wine
White grapes made with the skins left in the story.
Orange or amber wine is usually made by fermenting white grapes with their skins. That can add colour, tannin and texture that conventional white winemaking normally leaves behind.
How it tends to feel
body
Medium to full
acidity
Medium to high
tannin
Low to medium
sweetness
Usually dry
This is a broad shape, not a rule. Individual wines can move around it.
What creates the style?
Skin fermentation
Long maceration in some styles
Clay, wood, steel or concrete maturation
Common grapes
Good places to look
GeorgiaFriuliSloveniaGlobal low-intervention producers
Typical directions
Dried citrusTeaApricotHerbsNuts or spice
Taste the difference
Compare the shape, not just the label.
The quickest way to understand a style is to put it next to something deliberately different.