# No Es Pituko Orange Sauvignon Blanc (2025)

- **Producer:** Viña Echeverría
- **Colour:** orange
- **Type:** still
- **Grapes:** Sauvignon Blanc
- **Region:** Curicó Valley, Chile
- **Style:** Natural
- **Alcohol:** 12.5%
- **Average price:** €18
- **Vegan:** Yes
- **Contains sulphites:** Yes
- **When to drink:** Now or Later
- **Serving temperature:** 10–13 °C
- **Aromas & flavours:** peach, apricot, mango, passion fruit, orange, lime, bread, dried apricot

## About this wine

Viña Echeverría is a family-owned estate winery located in Molina, within Chile's Curicó Valley, with agricultural roots tracing back to the 1700s. Under the direction of winemaker Roberto Echeverría, the estate emphasizes sustainable viticulture and minimal-intervention craft winemaking. The 'No Es Pituko' range takes its name from Chilean slang meaning 'it ain't fancy,' reflecting a philosophy focused on pure, unadorned expressions of terroir without commercial processing or chemical additives.

## Interesting facts

- 'No es Pituko' is Chilean slang meaning 'it ain't fancy,' celebrating raw, authentic winemaking.
- Skin maceration lasts for 60 days, giving this white grape variety an amber color and tea-like texture.
- Bottled completely unfined, unfiltered, and with zero added sulfites, creating a naturally hazy appearance.

## Food pairing

Orange wine's vibrant natural acidity and fine-grained skin tannins bridge the gap between fresh whites and light reds. Its bright citrus drive easily cuts through rich seafood and halloumi, while its subtle skin grip and savory undertones complement spicy sauces, herbs, and complex curry spices.

## Wine making process

Crafted from sustainably farmed Sauvignon Blanc vines growing in ancient granitic sandy loam soils rich in quartz. The grapes are hand-harvested and undergo spontaneous fermentation with wild yeasts in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. The wine experiences an extended 60 days of skin maceration to impart amber color and phenolic texture, followed by aging on fine natural lees. It is bottled unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfites.