{"id":5474,"date":"2020-08-03T17:36:53","date_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/?p=5474"},"modified":"2020-08-03T17:36:53","modified_gmt":"2020-08-03T20:36:53","slug":"an-unbeatable-organic-wine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/an-unbeatable-organic-wine\/","title":{"rendered":"An Unbeatable Organic Wine"},"content":{"rendered":"

It used to be that organic and biodynamic wines were weird or barnyard-y or sometimes downright awful, but the organic wine scene has radically changed. High-quality organic and biodynamic wines are now coming out of vineyards in California, Argentina, France, Chile, and other regions.\u00a0 These are not the old-style peculiar wines, but world-class wines that will stand up to the best traditional wines. These are the wines of the future.<\/p>\n

I have tried a number of premium organic or biodynamic wines such as\u00a0The McNab<\/a>\u00a0and the\u00a0Odfjell Aliara<\/a>, but these will set you back $45-$70.\u00a0 How about more reasonably-priced, everyday organic wines?\u00a0\u00a0 The best value, by far, has got to be Domaine Bousquet\u2019s Natural Origins Cabernet Sauvignon in a 3-litre box.<\/p>\n

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The Natural Origins Cabernet Sauvignon Bag-In-Box<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

This wine has a lot going for it. \u00a0\u00a0Where do we start?\u00a0 Well how about the location; it is from Tupungato, Argentina, one of my favorite wine regions in the world.\u00a0 The high-elevation of this region forces grapes to develop rich, full-bodied flavors, and its arid climate discourages disease and insects.\u00a0 The wide temperature fluctuation between night and day also sharpens the flavor profile.\u00a0 This region is perfectly suited for naturally grown grapes; there is no need for tricks and shortcuts and fibs (as I suspect some wineries use) to get organic certification.\u00a0 This is a wine you can drink and be sure that it is organically produced.<\/p>\n

As far as flavor, I found this to be a wonderful, classic cab.\u00a0 It has a enticing nose with dry fruit flavors on the tongue and a bit of a bite at the end. \u00a0To me it drank like a solid $20-$30 cab, but the retail price for a 3 liter (4 bottles) box is $20, or $5 a bottle!\u00a0 There is no wine out there that even comes close to this quality for the price.<\/p>\n

Boxes are a cost-effective, environmentally friendly way to package wine.\u00a0 Inside the cardboard box you will find, to paraphrase Peter Mayle, a rubber haggis of wine that shrinks as you tap into it so the wine does get exposed to the air.\u00a0 The box fit very nicely on a shelf in my basement and lasted for weeks after opening without any hint of oxidation.\u00a0 \u00a0And, besides, it gave me a peaceful, easy feeling that my wine supply would not run out.\u00a0 It will be my wine of choice when we can have outdoor parties again, but it is also a good choice anytime you want a reliable, seemingly endless supply of quality wine.<\/p>\n

The combination of organic viticulture, rich flavor, and insanely low price makes this an unbeatable wine.\u00a0\u00a0 There is nothing else that is even close.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It used to be that organic and biodynamic wines were weird or barnyard-y or sometimes downright awful, but the organic wine scene has radically changed. High-quality organic and biodynamic wines are now coming out of vineyards in California, Argentina, France, Chile, and other regions.\u00a0 These are not the old-style peculiar wines, but world-class wines that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5475,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5474","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog-en"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5474"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5474\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5474"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5474"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/domainebousquet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5474"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}