Are NATURAL WINES GOOD or BAD? Master of Wine tastes Natural Wines

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Are NATURAL WINES GOOD or BAD? MASTER of WINE tastes Natural Wines.
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I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Veritas Champagne
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2019 Envinate Taganan Blanco - 20.50 $
2020 Matassa Cuvee Alexandria - 30 $
2019 Heinrich Graue Freyheit - 35 $
2020 Tschida Himmel auf Erden Rosé - 30 $
2020 Claus Preisinger Puszta Libre - 13 $
2020 Gut Oggau Atanasius - 30 $
2016 Domaine de Chassorney Saint Romaine Rouge Sous Rouche - 60$
2019 Frank Cornelissen Susucaru Rosso - 25 $
Everything that is required to produce fermented grape juice was present in nature before humans walked the earth. But if it was up to nature alone wine would not exist. Before us, there were only rotten grapes. Therefore, wine is not a natural but a cultural product as it requires human intervention to make wine. So right from the start, the name “natural” wine is a bit misleading and I think the more accurate description would be low intervention wine.
While I admire the idea behind natural wine, enjoy many of these wines, and do think that they are making the wine scene more exciting I also see some problems with these wines… But let’s start with the definition - what is natural wine? RAW Wines the self-described world’s largest community of low-intervention organic, biodynamic and natural winemakers defines it as follows:
Wine that is farmed organically and made without adding or removing anything in the cellar.
This is a pretty clear-cut definition and I think that this message did contribute significantly to the success of natural wines. But if you read the fine print it gets complicated… RAW Wine says that Farming organically is a must but several natural wine producers are not certified organic which makes it difficult to say who is walking the walk.

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@thomasp2516 2 жыл бұрын

Heyyy daddy in the strictest definition of this term!

@erlandswaving2280 2 жыл бұрын

I've always thought that the line between natural and "normal" was pretty thin since lots of "normal" winemakers already let the terroir and grapes do most of the work. My personal attitude towards natural wines was always somewhat negative caused by the hipness and pretentiousness surrounding the natural wine scene. I felt like it was mostly about having the flyest labels or the quirkiest names for their wine. This attitude changed a bit after visiting the Jura, where I met Winemakers who were really passionate about their natural wines which you could definitely taste! Videos like yours make me realize that there are a lot of good natural winemakers out there. Thanks for another good video!!

@jimcricket8334 2 жыл бұрын

For every oxidized train wreck low intervention wine, there are 500 mega-purple, woodchip filled, Coca Cola-flavored $20 new world reds-and yet most wine drinkers don’t cast judgement on the entire conventional wine industry for such lame efforts. Don’t get me wrong-concentrated Bordeaux blends, etc. are a yummy go-to, but good is good! Well done!

@travioh 2 жыл бұрын

Love that you’re handling this topic! I love the “low intervention” wine name.

@mickvanelk Жыл бұрын

After drinking natural wines for a period of time, I immediately noticed less inflammation after drinking and the days after. If you have IBS or a sensitive tummy, just try it and see if you notice anything different. Not claiming this is true, but it is certainly true for me.

@TanyaC00 2 жыл бұрын

So excited to see you doing a video on natural wines, Konstantin! Taganan Blanco and Susucaru are my favorite from the line up. Hope you do more natural wine tastings soon!

@swayne1441 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is the first one I have found on KZfaq that I can say is great all around. Too many of the wine channels out there are either too basic, too commercialized and clearly some sort of marketing machine or have very low production value so are not great for viewing. Your channel is the first one I have found that has not had one or more of those 3 issues.

@sew505 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. I am glad to see someone clear up the fact that natural wines have no clear definition. I would love to see a video on port or on English sparkling wine!

@nicholasgill210 2 жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your new arrival! I would love to see you investigate some of the natural/low intervention winemakers who use distinct techniques in their winemaking processes - e.g. Sébastien David who makes Hurluberlu using clay amphorae vs. others who might use less neutral vessels in the production of wine.

@marcog3529 2 жыл бұрын

Oh i just realised you haven't talked about fortified wines, which have been quite forgotten as a category, definitely would love your take on it.

@OfADemon 2 жыл бұрын

The thing with some of these wines is people might be selling them short if their immediate impressions are unfulfilled. Some natural wines can take several hours to truly reveal themselves, while some can take even longer (in my case, one particular bottle took until the next day). Of course the opposite can be true where certain wines need to be drank immediately, for fear of them turning to something rather unpleasant. Overall though, from my experience, natural wines have captivated me in what they offer. I've been obsessed for the past 5+ years and I'm still excited as I was in the beginning, if not more so.

@toranderswestgaard781 2 жыл бұрын

Great video, and a good selection. After discovering natural wines and falling a bit in love with the philosophy, I drank almost exclusively natural wines for a couple of years. When good, they are juicy, easy to drink and very food friendly, without being boring. On the downside, I find that especially red natural wines tend to be a bit similar, nomatter what the grape is. And that probably says something about how big a role yeast plays for how a wine ends up tasting. As for all wines, good producers make good wine, and bad producers make bad wine, natural or not. However, natural wines ARE more prone to wine flaws, especially being “mousey”, and that can become tiresome. At the moment I have gone back to drinking mostly conventional wines, but that can off course change again. I’m happy to drink any style of wine, as long as its well made and tastes great. And if the wine is made in a way that is more sustainable and enviromentally friendly, that is a big plus.

@mbos4115 2 жыл бұрын

For those wax cork, or any bottle for that matter, I use those metal round sheet, that roll up as a pour sprout. Really helps to avoid any wine touching the bottle opening, which might have some capsule residue.

@hungryformusik 2 жыл бұрын

I tried several wines from Delinat 20 years ago and was always disappointed. But I‘m sure that they have improved in the meantime. The best organic wines I have had were those from Bize Leroy in a winetasting (not my budget). I‘m actually in Tenerife right now and will rearch out for the Táganan. Thanks for this informative video!

@SteelyTheVan 2 жыл бұрын

An excellent subject to cover - thank you! I am more concerned about organic process over the whole natural process - thought I am one of the few who are allergic to sulfur - it does not affect me as much with wine as it does with dried fruit. Many of the chemicals used in conventional farming often contain compounds that are endocrine disruptors even at low exposure - and these are much more of a concern to me than sulfur. For me, the more organic producers of wine their are the better. Thank you for introducing some new wines to try!

@williamofriel7825 2 жыл бұрын

Love what you are doing brother Konstantin, keep on keeping on.

@carlcadregari7768 2 жыл бұрын

I have had a few really bad ones and some ones that were off the charts delicious and unusual. The bad ones seemed to all want to represent the flaws, the ability to make wine that tasted wrong. Over the top brett, too much geranium, spoiled yeasts 🤢 VA for miles….. The ability of the winemaker to walk that knife edge of producing a enjoyable product vs anything that can be put in a bottle has to be a massive undertaking. I will be looking for several of the ones you’ve shown. Thank you for doing this. As always, great video.

@jasonbusam 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! You got me convinced. Need to try some of those as well.

@MADEcurious777 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the new video- and for covering this topic. I love "natural" wines. The Susucaru was my first. I was instantly hooked on how the nose of these wines is often as exciting as the juice. I follow a couple of producers closely and find each quite passionate and not pretentious nor preachy about the natural wine movement. Though I have not researched enough to "know", it seems that perhaps some difficult/less than ideal wine producing areas are finding success with natural wines (Texas immediately comes to mind). As others have stated, the cost is a question mark for me, certainly when considering that many of these wines do not see oak and do not go through all the processes that conventional wines go through before hitting the shelves.