Amber wine bar (website ) has opened just 5 weeks ago and it is already a success – small and cosy , this wine bar specialises in orange wines from different part of the world , offering red and white wines too. The owner , very knowledgeable in wine, has teamed up with a Japanese who prepares small dishes to go with the wine.
Here we tried 3 orange wines from Georgia, California and Serbia and a bottle of Gamay .
In Ambar , you will find the big name of natural wines ( Ochipinti, Matassa, Pacalet etc) but also have the chance to try wines from less known winemakers:
Pheasant’s Tears 2016 :
Grappe: Chinuri , 8 days skin maceration and 8 months aged in amphora
Light, crispy orange, this wine offers a lightly floral nose with delicate passion fruit on the palate that rolls into lime at the finish. Delicate and earthy, excellent wine.
Ambyth Estate 2015:
Grappe: Sauvignon Blanc , 8 months skin maceration and aged for almost a year in amphora
The nose and flavor are full of melon with a flavor that is recognizable as Sauvignon Blanc but is just different enough to be very cool.This wine is much more sophisticated than the Georgian wine .
Fodor 2014 from Serbia comes as a surprise to the palate, very interesting 8 days skin maceration wine. Very good value for money .
We have decided to go for this bottle of Gamay after having had amazing experience with this grappe in Paris ( see previous article on the blog) but we got a little disappointed as the wine was too young.
Another place I discovered this weekend is Bleck in Skanstull (website) which offers amazing fun seating outside with a view on a lovely park and also some natural wines by the glass .
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