Organic Languedoc rosé wine: a pleasant and elegant rosé wine from organic farming

What is an organic rosé wine?

Origin and definition of rosé wine

Contrary to what one might think, compared to white wine and red wine, rosé wine is surely the oldest type of wine. Indeed, it was already consumed in Ancient Greece. Preferred over red wine, which was difficult to drink at the time as it was far too tannic, rosé was the most widely consumed alcoholic beverage. Although there is no official definition, a rosé wine can be defined as a wine made from black grapes with white flesh, such as grenache, a typically southern grape variety commonly grown in the vineyards of the Occitanie region.

An organic rosé is a wine produced in accordance with the principles of organic farming. This is notably the case for the cuvée Source of Joy, an organic rosé wine from the Languedoc certified AB and Vegan.

Just like biodynamic wines, organic wines have received no chemical products during their production, whether to combat potential vine diseases (pesticides) or to promote their development (fertilisers). Furthermore, all the additions used to transform grape juice into wine (inputs) are themselves certified organic.

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An organic vineyard is grown on quality soil

The use of natural products also obliges the winemaker to choose the location of his vineyard meticulously. Indeed, without synthetic products to "boost" the vine regardless of conditions — as is the case in conventional farming — the winemaker is obliged to choose a site suited to grape growing.

The soil of an organic or biodynamic vineyard must be rich and conducive to the development of the vine. This is notably the case for the domaine de Villemajou, an exceptional AOP Corbières vineyard producing red, white and rosé wines of outstanding quality, certified under organic farming "AB" and biodynamic farming "Demeter".

An organic rosé wine thus comes from a vine that has been respected, growing in fully healthy soil that has not been subjected to the harmful effects of pesticides or synthetic fertilisers.

An organic wine contains fewer sulphites

One of the distinguishing features of organic wines is that they contain far fewer sulphites than a traditional wine. Although this substance is naturally present in wine, the addition of sulphites facilitates the vinification process. However, at too high a dose, it can cause headaches, digestive problems, and so on in some people.

The addition of sulphites during the production of an organic wine is low or even non-existent — these are then referred to as wines "without added sulphites", as is the case for the Gérard Bertrand Prima Nature rosé wine. The sulphites contained in this bottle are solely those naturally present in the wine.

An organic rosé wine, thanks to its low sulphur dioxide content, thus offers easier digestibility for people sensitive to sulphites.

How does an organic rosé wine get its colour?

Many people wonder where the salmon colour of an organic rosé wine comes from. It is simply the skin of the black grape which, when it comes into contact with the juice after being pressed or crushed, colours the wine.

Thus, the longer the maceration, the darker the colour of the wine. This is also the process used for red wine, except that for the latter, the skins are left in contact for much longer than for rosé wines.

This step will thus allow the production of pale organic rosé wines, such as the bottle Or & Azur, a wine certified AB and Bee Friendly, or very pale rosé wines, such as the Clos du Temple, an exceptional cuvée from a vine cultivated biodynamically.

When the grapes are pressed immediately, the contact time between the skins and the juice is very short, resulting in an extremely pale rosé that can resemble a white wine — as is notably the case for the wine "La Villa 2019 Château la Sauvageonne", voted best rosé wine in the world two consecutive years, in 2017 and 2018, by Drinks Business.

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