Our Organic Wine

Paradise Rescued produces fine organic Bordeaux wine.

Our belief is that good wine is first grown on great vines in a healthy vineyard.

It always starts in the vineyard

Our viticulture and winemaking  have followed approved and recognised organic methods / standards since starting with vintage 2010. Paradise Rescued was certified Organic by ECOCERT in 2016 and has maintained its certification through annual auditing.

We believe passionately that our organic approach is reflected in the quality of our wines and the improvement of our vineyards over the lifetime of our project. We also use a small number of biodynamic and other natural sprays to encourage vine health and disease resistance.

The focus of our effort is to improve and sustain the health of our vineyard soil, vines and ecosystem. Increasing effort is now being given to take these processes to the next level through further soil improvement programmes, reduced mechanical intervention, increased biodiversity and cover cropping.

We proudly hand craft our fine organic wines starting with pre-harvest vineyard selection and hand picking.

And then in the winery

Our wines are produced using a blend of traditional methods together with the best available technical knowledge using limited mechanical intervention, no chemical additions nor treatment equipment.

The hand picked fruit is transported to the winery in special crates where it is further sorted before the grapes are de-stemmed and lightly crushed. The grapes are then charged into our micro-vats (500 and 1000 litres) for cold maceration and steady fermentation. The process of fermentation normally takes place over 10 – 18 depending on grape variety and season.

After fermentation the young wine is run off into a clean vat and the remaining grape skins, seeds, yeast and solids (marc) are gently pressed to extract the dense flavour, colour and tannin required. This so called ‘press wine’ is then added to the young wine and held allowing the secondary or malolactic fermentation to take place next.

Once complete, the wine is once again run off from the remaining yeast and solids into another clean vat and the winery cooled. At the start of the new year, the wine is then filled into oak barrels of different ages where the wine matures for nearly a year prior to bottling and storage. A couple of new oak barrels were used for the first time for maturation of the merlot wine of the 2020 vintage, reflecting the depth and concentration of that year’s harvest and the overall development of the fruit across the Paradise Rescued vineyards over time.

Regular analysis, taste testing and progress review of our wines is carried out throughout the life of each wine in the winery in partnership with our winemaker.