Same River Twice Wines was created by James, a wine agent and former importer in Tokyo, in partnership with Laurent, a local vigneron whose family has farmed the area for over 300 years, to make a style of wine for people who love the aromatic richness of our terroir but seek wines with a lighter touch.
Laurent farms the vines and they make the wines together. Their shared obsessions are healthy soil, healthy grapes and blends that show terroir, or provenance, in its truest form. They’ve worked together s
Laurent farms the vines and they make the wines together. Their shared obsessions are healthy soil, healthy grapes and blends that show terroir, or provenance, in its truest form. They’ve worked together s
Presentation
Presentation
They made their first commercial release of Orange wine in 2022 following a couple of years of trial and error. Amazingly it was rated one of the Top Five Orange wines in a tasting by the prestigious World of Fine Wine magazine in November 2023.
Location
Near Caromb towards Beaumes-de-Venise.
Terroir
From one small vineyard on poor, stony, clay-limestone soils, atop a well-ventilated
south-east facing plateau, around 150 to 200m altitude.
south-east facing plateau, around 150 to 200m altitude.
In the vineyard
Vine Age Planted between 2000 and 2013
Yield 55 hl/ha
Viticulture Certified organic and worked the same as all our vines, with minimal treatments aiming to
restrict the carbon footprint.
Climate Mediterranean
Yield 55 hl/ha
Viticulture Certified organic and worked the same as all our vines, with minimal treatments aiming to
restrict the carbon footprint.
Climate Mediterranean
Harvest
Harvest Early September
Winemaking
The grape berries are de-stemmed and then moved direct to steel tank to ferment using natural yeasts with temperatures only lightly controlled to a relatively warm 22ºC to get stability and a balance of fruit and other aromatics. It fermented slowly over 15 days when we racked and returned it to the same tank where it remained until bottling on January 10. The malo-lactic fermentation happened naturally and adds to the roundness and complexity.
Ageing
Ageing 3 months in steel tank
SO2 < 12 mg/L, zero added.
SO2 < 12 mg/L, zero added.
Varietal
Rolle : 100%
Specifications
Alcohol content : 13 % vol.
GM : NO
Contains sulphites. Does not contain egg or egg products. Does not contain milk or milk-based products.
Advice
Serving
10°C/50°F
Ageing potential
2 to 3 years
Tasting
The result is a wine that’s distinctive due to its orange hue and gentle astringency that comes from fermentation on the skins. It also has flavourful fruit aromas, great freshness and energy and relatively low alcohol. There’s a truly orange spectrum of fruit flavours with notes of dried apricot, kumquat, orange peel and confit, quince and then there’s nuance with hints of seaweed and seashore, dried grass, darjeeling tea and mineral notes.
Food pairings
Couscous, lasagna, chicken with curry cream, cheese, dessert.
