Top 10 award-winning eco-friendly wines from the Organic Masters 2020
25th June, 2020
by
Patrick Schmitt
3. Brama by Château Maris
- Château Maris
- Region: Occitanie
- Country: France
- Grape variety: Grenache Gris
- Abv: 14.5%
- Vintage: 2016
- Closure: Natural cork
- Approx. retail price: £25
- Medal: Master – Organic Wine Masters 2020
The top-scoring white in this year’s Organic Wine Masters was from brilliant southern French biodynamic specialist Château Maris. While this producer’s richly-flavoured reds have been strong performers in past Organic Wine Masters, this was the first year we had tried their flagship white wine – called Brama – and it offered the same high standard. Indeed, this pure Grenache Gris from the Minervois is a powerful, barrel-fermented wine with beeswax and wood shavings along with peach and pear fruit, and a touch of apple skin, giving a gently bitter-fresh finish. It is textural wine, with layers of flavour, tons of character and, with all its fruit, oak and richness, a highly versatile one too.