Aldi, Orange Natural Wine, Romania, 2017

Aldi is the first UK supermarket to stock an orange wine - a white wine that gains colour and texture from an extended amount of time spent on the skins of the grapes. The style is the darling of the natural wine brigade, but the speed with which this wine has sold online and in stores suggests that there is mainstream demand - or at least, curiosity - for orange wine. This is a vegan-friendly wine, made with natural (rather than inoculated) yeasts and with no added sulphites. It's creamy and peachy, with a slight hint of a cidery aroma too. The palate is bone dry and quite astringent, with some wood and cream notes buttressing the simple baked apple, peach and spice flavours. The price makes it a brilliant entry point into this style.