If there is a constant impression I receive from organic wines it is they have a pureness and clarity to them. They are sharp and lively. It is not a question of omnipresent superiority. Many non-organic wines taste like they are dead and terribly blunt and dull. Constant soil abuse through spraying and use of insecticides kill the soil. Killing the soil deadens the grape hence neuters the wine. And all these chemicals in your body?
After all this blah blah why not try a Southbrook Organic Triomphe Gamay from Niagara Peninsula in Ontario.
Aroma: Clean and vibrant. Raspberry, strawberry, blackberry and high-toned cherry.
Palate: Straight on fruit with nothing detracting from its purity. Minimal tannins and disciplined acids. Initial hit of strawberry jam. Then raspberry with Serbian hazelnut wafer cookies with a short clean finish.
Personality: Simple and honest and far from the non-organic dead zone.
Cellarbility: Can’t see improvement by cellaring. Drink by 2024-year end.
Food Match: Duck rillette.
Price: $28.95 CDN (Ontario).
RKS 2023 Wine Rating: 92/100.
(Southbrook Triomphe 2021 Organic Gamay, VQA Niagara Peninsula, Southbrook Vineyards, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario 750 mL, 12.5%).
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