For a long time, natural wines were a niche, not defined or recognized like Organic Wine or Biodynamics Wine.
When it comes to natural wine, many people may have no conclusion in mind, only know that this is the pursuit of “not adding a trace of foreign material, not in addition to the original” new trend of brewing, probably adopted “try not to add sulfur”, “no filtration clarification” and “using natural yeast fermentation” and other brewing methods.
So what exactly is a natural wine?
But in March 2020, the Institut National de l’Origine et de la Qualite,
INAO, the French Ministry of Agriculture and the French Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and Anti-Fraud (CCRF) reached a consensus to formally define natural wines,
From now on, only wines that meet certain requirements can be labeled “Vin Methode Nature.”
These requirements are as follows: (1) Wine grapes from 100% organic vineyards [certified by Nature & Progres, Agriculture Biologique, etc., or at least in the second year of conversion to organic farming];
(2) Wine grapes are harvested manually;
¢Û Native natural yeast was used for fermentation;
(4) The composition of wine grapes has not been artificially adjusted, such as sugar and Acidification;
¢Ý No invasive technologies such as Reverse Osmosis, Cross-Flow Filtration, Flash Pasteurisation and Thermovinification were used;
¢Þ Before and during fermentation no sulfur dioxide is added, or the sulfur content of the final liquor is less than 30mg/L, the labels used are different.
With France leading the way, it is believed that the definition of natural wine in the rest of the world will become more and more clear.
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