The Organized Crime Winery

Dette er ikke en vin, men en vingård – beliggende et så atypisk sted for en vingård som i Canada (i Ontario). Vi fremhæver den her, alene på grund af navnet som kommer af en hændelse i det lille lokalsamfund for mange år siden, hvor en orgel i en  kirke blev stjålet: Sometime in the early-to-mid 1900s there were two quarelling Mennonite congregations who disagreed about the acquisition of a pipe organ. The feud resulted in one congregation breaking into the other church, and then tossing it down an embankment… hence the Organized Crime Winery Name.

Crimewine har i flere omgange været i kontakt med The Organized Crime Winery for at se, om vi – mod betaling – kunne få dem til at fremsende nogle af deres vine, men det er indtil videre ikke lykkedes. Så vi ved simpelthen ikke, hvordan deres vine smager. Skulle nogen komme forbi – så besøg dem og smag på deres vine – og hold os underrettet. Vi gætter på, at det ikke er det helt store – i forhold til prisen, men vi kan jo blive positivt overraskede!

Prisen er for en ”2021 Break-In Pinot Noir”, når den købes på vingården (dec. 2023). Denne vin ledsages på vineriets hjemmeside af følgende beskrivelse: To say that the 2021 vintage was challenging, would be the understatement of the century. A herculean effort was required to carefully pick and then painstakingly hand sort all of the fruit to ensure we only used healthy ripe grapes. But in the end, the gruelling efforts at harvest have paid dividends. The resulting wine, our 2021 Break-In Pinot Noir is a pure, delicate expression of the grape. Bright cherry and pomegranate notes mix with subtle earthiness, and a hint of barrel spice from the nine months of aging in French oak. A versatile food friendly wine that will compliment just about anything on your dinner table. Drinking well now in its youth, and even more quaffable with a slight chill.