Breaking Bread Marmalade Orange Wine 2025

DISTRIBUTOR NOTES:

OVERVIEW: “With this wine, the team at Breaking Bread have developed a blend of grapes that achieves layers of complexity and mouthwatering deliciousness in this skin-contact “orange” wine. Equal parts of Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc are added to the dominant Muscat Blanc. The Chardonnay contributes weight and complexity to the mouthfeel, while the Sauvignon Blanc brings in more acidity and higher notes. All grapes were destemmed into the fermenter bin with zero sulfur added and we let the native yeast build up a population, which takes about five days. From there, the wine is allowed to go another five days fermenting on skins, for a total of 10 days on skins, making for more balanced phenolics.”

VINEYARDS: “Breaking Bread has 3/4 of an acre of Muscat Blanc planted on the valley floor of our 120-acre estate property, Timber Crest Vineyard, in Dry Creek Valley. Timber Crest is 100% certified sustainable and the soil composition of this block of vineyard is Cortina gravel. The Sauvignon Blanc also comes from Timber Crest Vineyard. Our Sauvignon Blanc vineyard borders Dry Creek itself, directly across from the winery. The soil composition of this block is Yolo Sandy Loam and the clone is Musqué. The Chardonnay hails from our other estate vineyard, Mizany. Mizany Vineyard is just down the street from the winery and is farmed organically and is CCOF certified transitional organic.”

CRITICAL ACCLAIM:

(2023 VINTAGE) “Erik Miller, winemaker at Kokomo Winery in Sonoma, California, has a side project diving into the more experimental winemaking ideas — like this skin-contact blend of Muscat Blanc, Chardonnay, and Sauvignon Blanc. This wine has bright aromatics of grapefruit, orange peel, and a hint of white pepper on the nose. There's excellent balance on the palate with good acidity and juicy, abundant fruit. The finish has just the right touch of bitterness to keep things interesting.” - 92 PTS, KEITH BEAVERS, VINEPAIR (05/2024)