2022 Casca Macération de Soif Sauvignon Blanc Vin Orange, Domaine Joël Delaunay

• Style: Orange wine, skin-contact Sauvignon Blanc
• Taste: Dried citrus, honeysuckle, honeyed stone fruit, mineral grip
• Food: Goat cheese, asparagus, white fish, shellfish, spicy Asian
• Occasion: Weeknight dinner, summer drinking, aperitivo
• Serve: Chilled, 12% ABV, bone-dry

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Deep orange signals skin contact at work. Fifteen days of maceration unlock dried mandarin zest, honeysuckle and honeyed stone fruit layered over a grippy, mineral spine. At 12% alcohol and just 1.3g/L residual sugar, this is dry and focused—a wine built for food, not solitude. The textural grip that skin contact brings makes lighter dishes sing.

The Winery — Domaine Joël Delaunay

A family estate now in its fifth generation, run by Thierry Delaunay near Chenonceau in the Cher Valley. Clay and flint soils deliver the stony minerality you'll taste here. The 2022 vintage enjoyed ideal ripening: cool, dry winter followed by June rains and steady August heat, concentrating fruit while preserving freshness. Winemaking is restrained—ferment without temperature control, minimal pump-overs, ageing on fine lees without stirring to preserve delicate aromatics. Thierry pioneered screwcap adoption among Touraine producers in 2004, continuing his father Joël's forward-thinking legacy established through estate bottling in 1970. The domaine spans 34 hectares of sustainably farmed vineyard, 90% devoted to white varieties with Sauvignon Blanc as the cornerstone.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Pour this alongside goat cheese, asparagus, white fish, shellfish and spicy Asian cuisine—dishes that benefit from the wine's textural grip and mineral backbone. It works equally as a weeknight dinner companion or summer aperitivo, served chilled. Vegan, vegetarian, and sustainably farmed, it ticks every practical box. If you're ready to move beyond standard Sauvignon Blanc expressions, this macerated style belongs in your basket. Discover what skin contact and extended lees ageing reveal in our Fruity & Aromatic White Wine selection, or explore the rest of our France collection.