Ori Vin
WINEMAKER
Oriane Rosner
TYPE OF AGRICULTURE
Organic & Biodynamic
VINEYARD AREA
Negocé
COUNTRY, REGION, SUBREGION
Wines
In March 2020, when lockdown first hit London, Oriane Rosner didn't know that she'd be relocating to Gaillac shortly after, and two years later, bottling her first vintage as Ori Vin.
Prior to 2020, Oriane had fostered a love for natural wine whilst living in London and on visits to family in New York, but considerations of it being an alternative career path had sat firmly in the 'pipe dream' category.
With her parents staying at a family home near Toulouse when the pandemic hit and deciding to stay the course, Oriane upped-sticks and swapped locked-down London for the bucolic surrounds of France's south-west. Oriane counts herself extremely lucky to have chanced upon Laure & Pierre Fabre of the nearby biodynamic Domaine Gayrard, volunteering her services in the vineyards and cellar, learning everything she could.
Bitten by the winemaking bug and keen to learn more, as restrictions began to lift, she also spent time pruning with Fiona Beeston in Chinon, learning further with Alessandra Bera in Asti, before returning to Domaine Gayrard to continue helping in the vineyards.
In 2021, jumping at the opportunity to make some wine of her own and given a little space in their cellar, Oriane took over a few rows of vines at Domaine Gayrard, among them varieties that they rarely used (Gamay, Muscadelle) and the crop from their youngest Syrah vines. Planted over clay-limestone, farming is pristine and biodynamic, and whilst Oriane is technically negocé, she knows these vineyards deeply, and farms them as if they were her own.
"Laure & Pierre really took me in like family, and have been incredibly generous and helpful: I simply wouldn't have been able to do what I'm doing had they not taken me under their wing, I feel very blessed."
A labour of love, completed with utmost dedication and the hugely-appreciated support of family & friends; Oriane's accomplished first vintage is a brilliantly bright, dynamic expression of Gaillac. Focused on the fun wines she likes to drink best; ones to share with friends, paying homage to those first eye-opening bottles that started her on this journey.
Named for her sister, Ori’s maceration of Muscadelle - softened over 8 months in amphora - is a fleshy and savoury number, passionfruit and mango offset neatly by a linear, saline core.