Does wine from organic grapes taste better?
The short answer to whether an organic wine tastes any better is that some definitely do but many don’t. Our ‘strike-rate’ of finding a good organic wine is much lower than for conventional wines. This is basically because the lack of chemicals can result in an added risk of rot and if you let rotten grapes ferment you get off-flavours in the wine. However once weaned off chemicals, the vines can gradually become more disease resistant. And when the growers select out any unhealthy fruit the wine has a greater sense of place and individual character as the yeasts are often natural rather than artificial and the roots are forced to delve deep into the soil. The most expensive wine in the world (Romanee-Conti) is organic and biodynamic and there are many top growers who prove the case. So these are the wines we seek out and why you can trust our organic wines to be of good quality.
