Gold Packaging Design · 2021
Organic Wine Packaging
by Ximena Ureta
- A' Design Award 2021 Gold Winner in Packaging Design
- Awarded April 15, 2021
- CLIENT: MontGras
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- Verification code 922B2947A4 · Verify this award
About Organic Wine Packaging
Organic is a wine label design created for a certified organic and vegan wine brand. The label is inspired by the self-sustaining ecosystem of organic vineyards, which are grown without chemicals or synthetic products. That natural balance protects the vines from pests and diseases and supports the health of the grapes. The label is printed on recycled certified paper in four special colors, using digital offset with silkscreen finishes and a protective varnish. Printed reliefs replace metallic stamping, so metallised foils are avoided.
Ximena Ureta's distinguished packaging design for an organic wine series represents a sophisticated intersection of naturalistic illustration traditions and contemporary visual communication strategies, positioning the product within broader cultural conversations surrounding ecological stewardship and artisanal production methodologies. The label design demonstrates remarkable technical accomplishment through its integration of fine line illustration techniques reminiscent of nineteenth-century scientific documentation with strategic chromatic interventions that activate the composition while maintaining tonal restraint. The illustrated program appears to celebrate biodiversity through its careful rendering of multiple species, including hummingbirds, dragonflies, and game birds, each depicted with ornithological and entomological precision suggesting both observational rigor and reverent attention to the natural world that sustainable agricultural practices seek to protect. The vermillion accents dispersed throughout the wreath-like arrangement may evoke the wine itself, the vital force flowing through living systems, or the transformative processes that convert grape to fermented beverage, creating visual poetry that bridges product and philosophy. Typographic treatments demonstrate sophisticated hierarchy and spacing, balancing heritage serif forms suggesting tradition with clean contemporary sans-serif elements indicating modern sensibility, effectively communicating both authenticity and accessibility. The circular compositional armature echoes forms found throughout nature, from nests to seasonal cycles, reinforcing thematic content through formal structure. The presentation upon weathered wooden surfaces further contextualizes the product within narratives of terroir, handcraft, and connection to land that distinguish organic production from industrial alternatives. The design's restraint, limiting the palette predominantly to black, white, and red, demonstrates confidence in illustrative content while creating shelf differentiation through sophistication rather than chromatic competition. One might contemplate how such careful visual orchestration shapes understanding of agricultural products and the values embedded within consumption choices.
Press Kit
- Unique Properties
- MontGras Organic declares the principles of the Gras Family, a socially responsible family. All MontGras wines will be totally summer wines from 2020. This line reflects handcraft and its dedication in the production processes, fundamental pillars of this brand.
The Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir correspond to D.O. Mulchen, Bío-Bío Valley, one of the southernmost wine-producing regions in Chile. - Dimensions & Packaging
- Burgundy Label Dimension: 105x114 mm. Taper of 2 mm per side.
Burgundy Label Size: 105x90 mm. - Tags
- Wine label, packaging, design, MontGras, Ximena Ureta, Organic, Chilean wine.
- Production Technology
- Printed on State 100 paper (89 grs / m2), in 4 special colors, in Digital Offset with silkscreen finishes and protective varnish.
- Design Challenge
- MontGras has developed a new brand architecture and positioning and, consequently, the need has arisen to create a new portfolio that is more attractive, relevant and innovative, as well as able to communicate the new positioning sought by the company, which was called as "Boldly Attractive", this has been our challenge, to live up to the requirements.
- Project Duration
- This project started in June 2020 in Santiago, Chile and ended in January 2021.
- Operation Flow
- MontGras Organic consumer is very widely spread, both domestically and internationally, in key markets such as Korea, China, USA, Chile, Canada, Denmark, Brazil, Japan and UK.
- Research
- We investigated how to create a product whose materials and manufacturing would be environmentally friendly. With a lightweight bottle and label printed on 100% recycled paper, with FSC certification, avoiding the use of metallised foils. A simulation of printed reliefs was made to avoid metallic stamping.
- Inspiration
- Organic, Naturally Crafted, is inspired by the self-sustaining ecosystem created in organic vineyards, without the use of chemicals and synthetics. This ecosystem, generated in the vineyard, is fundamental to achieve a natural balance that protects the vineyards from pests and diseases. That is why we highlight the natural ecosystem that lives within organic vineyards, as they are responsible for the health and fertilization of the grapes. This is a certified organic and vegan wine brand.
- Image Credits
- Image #1: Estudio Navarro, Image #2: Estudio Navarro, Image #3: Estudio Navarro, Image #4: Estudio Navarro, Image #5: Jorge Brantmayer
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