Just when you thought you couldn’t drink anything healthier than organic red wine - red wine’s benefits are thought to be many: protecting us against heart disease, diabetes and age-related memory loss - its biodynamic cousin arrives.
Going one step beyond organic wines (which are free from pesticides and sythetic ingredients), biodynamic wines, in addition to being grown organically, are harvested from grapes grown under agricutural practices that focus on biodiversity, soil fertility, crop nutrition and pest, weed and disease management.
Though many critics dismiss the biodynamic movement as being too ‘out there’, it has been gathering steam amongst producers.
And the taste? Many critics give biodynamic wines top marks for taste as well. Jancis Robinson, a well-known British wine critic, claims to being able to pick out a biodynamic wine in a blind tasting. She says that they “seem to smell of spring vegetation. They have an energy to them…they seem to be more vibrant on the palate”. Robert Parker, the influential US critic has recently awarded 93 out of 100 points to a biodynamic red called Petalos de Bierzo from Spain.
Anyone out there tried any biodynamic wines?
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