SoHu Orange
Winery: SoHu
Classification: Dry skin contact white wine
Varieties: 100% Debit
Appellation: Dalmatia
Annual Production: 6,000 bottles
Alcohol: 10.9%
Climate: Mediterranean, with dry and hot summers, and mild winters
Terrain: Inland locations near the beautiful and historic town of Šibenik. A terrain made up of various vineyard locations on slopes or semi-slopes, with an altitude of 50 to 300 meters asl. Vineyards see some of the warmer temperatures in Northern and Central Dalmatia, with interestingly cooler nights and constant breezes. Mostly fertile red and brown top soil with finer brown clay stones, and a rugged and tough limestone foundation.
Farming: No irrigation, sustainable farming
Vinification: Destemmed into rotary fermenter. Spontaneous fermentation begins after 3-4 days; Fermentation continues at temperature controlled due to low ambient temperature. Wine is pressed off skins after 12 days near the end of fermentation. After several days of natural settling, the wine is racked and only lightly filtered.
Notes: This wine is produced and bottled by our partners in Dalmatia making the Pomalo wines. Since Pomalo collaborates with Feravino to make their Slavonian wines at the winery, Pomalo agreed to produce this orange wine made from 100% Debit for SoHu from their Dalmatian winery!
This style of wine is locally considered žutina (zhoo-teen-ah) - literally translated to "little yellow" - refers to the casually found macerated white wines found on the Dalmatian coast. Made of the unique and underappreciated indigenous Dalmatian grape, Debit, SoHu Orange delivers crazy aromas of yellows flowers and lemon drops, the palate delivers bright acidity bursting with flavors of peach, apricot, nectarine, and a refreshing and crunchy Adriatic minerality.
Winery Information
SoHu Winery
Tucked in the northeastern corner of Croatia, in the Croatian Danube region, right below the border of Hungary, lies Slavonija: one of Croatia’s most important winegrowing regions and the home of Croatia’s most important white grape: Graševina (aka Welschriesling). The winery’s original cellar was built in 1804 and has evolved over multiple generations when Croats from northern Dalmatia began trading in this region and sharing their viticultural knowledge with the region.