An Orange Nouveau? Pourquoi pas? I believe this is a new endeavor chez Duboeuf, and they are nailing it this year! It's as fresh as it gets, with beautiful aromatics, and definitely "orange". A blend of 50% Grenache Blanc, 20% Viognier, 10% Muscat, along with other white grapes, that will please our orange-wines afficionados but also can be offered as a gentle introduction to these geeky wines. And since it's Thanksgiving season, I would suggest serving this with the pumpkin pie! Go on, give it a try...

Orange wine often has this kind of tea-like quality in the nose, and this one is not an exception to that. I am having this at room temperature, so if it chill it, your mileage may vary but this is better than I thought it would be by a mile. There's white-tea, potpourri, peaches, and pluots in here. It's very floral but it's absolutely clean, not pushing towards natty in any way, just kind of hanging out like a nice guy skin contact white wine, giving some people what they're looking for. The palate is very peaches and lemon, with potpourri still hanging around giving it a little zhuzh of something different. I like this a lot more than I was mentally prepared to, but that juts cannot be helped - this might be a nice one to try if you're on the fence or curious about orange wines since it's so clean. It's got a pretty decent line of acidity as well. This is really a quintessential porch wine, you don't need to have food with it, but it will improve the whole experience.