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At once more classical, but at the same time that rugged, ever-so-funky Carignan character is still at the door, gently nudging its way in to those crowd-pleaser qualities. A fine balance of structure and freshness, and an ideal steak frites wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes were macerated together as whole bunches for 8 days before being pressed off to rest in steel tanks for 18 months, then bottled in the spring of 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Grange Du Nord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45357412450534,"sku":"WAY-GDN-MITAN-21","price":28.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/GDNMitan2021.jpg?v=1727353557"},{"product_id":"la-petite-seour-globule-blanc","title":"Globule Blanc 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eElegant and refined Chenin Blanc from a 45-year-old parcel planted over schist in Saint Aubin de Luigné, pressed directly to cuve for a year of élevage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThis warmer vintage has rendered a plush, perfumed natural wine that pairs ripe stone fruits, smoke and anise to beautiful effect. On the palate there is tension and minerality sitting in perfect balance with ripe fruits. Wonderfully refined with subtle nuance and detail.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eAdrien has a very considered approaching to farming, ploughing by horse and using local wild plants to prepare teas to be used in the vineyards. In the cellar, Adrien uses the lightest of touch, with gentle extractions that reveal just enough detail and nuance from the grapes without over extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe care and attention to detail here results in wines of incredible clarity and purity of fruit, harnessing the character that schist brings.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Petite Soeur","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45365634072806,"sku":"BINDNRTUTTO-SOEUR-GLOBULE","price":33.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/LaPetiteSeour_GlobuleBlanc_2022.jpg?v=1729848875"},{"product_id":"bonneton-resiliance","title":"L'Alezan 'Resilience' 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMuscular Northern \u003cspan\u003eRhône\u003c\/span\u003e-style Syrah from the Bonneton’s prized vineyard, where vines planted as far back as the 1940s cling to steep, south-facing terraces that look down to the river Doux, one of the \u003cspan\u003eRhône\u003c\/span\u003e’s western tributaries. The very oldest vines here are specifically Sérine, a thick-skinned, tightly-clustered clone of Syrah that is principally associated with nearby Côte-Rôtie. The soils here are the same decomposed granite (referred to locally as ‘gore’) one might find in the coveted Cornas AOC, but with a different aspect, sitting atop the valley to the west at around 600 metres altitude. The cooler nights bring a freshness and perfume to the wine that reflects this outlying terroir. Manual work is the only possibility here and, despite the vertiginous slopes, Remi is still working the soil by horse and plow.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhole bunches are crushed by foot and left to macerate for a couple of weeks before being pressed into a mixture of old demi-muid barrels and amphora to age for one year, before bottling in the summer of 2023 with no additions at all. Deep, sumptuous blackcurrant fruit, black olive tapenade and toasted cacao with the kind of bold, fine-grained tannins you’d expect in this style of wine. After a couple of years in the bottle its drinking window is now starting to open. That said, it’s a bottle we also feel could happily sleep in the cellar for many years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia \u0026 Rémi Bonneton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51903573197182,"sku":"WAY-BONNETON-RESILIENCE-22","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/BonnetonResilience22.jpg?v=1731584940"},{"product_id":"domaine-pattes-loup-chablis-vent-dange","title":"Chablis 'Vent d'Ange' 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSome seriously classy Burgundy from Monsieur Thomas Pico in Chablis. Razor-sharp Chardonnay over limestone, for those who 'don't like Chardonnay', as the addage goes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSome real finesse on show here: the grapes come from three separate parcels of low-yielding 40-70 year old vines, fermented spontaneously together before resting in a variety of vessels for at least18 months of maturation; concrete eggs and vats, barrels and foudres of different sizes as well as stainless steel vats.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe blend gives great purity and mouth-watering, zesty grapefruit, along with a saline minerality, apricot fruit and texture from the concrete. Incredibly clean, long finish. Pattes Loup's flagship wine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine Pattes Loup","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54860668469630,"sku":"VINE-LOUP-CHAB","price":50.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/DOMAINEPATTESLOUPVENTD_ANGECHABLIS201813.5_ED_17846cb1-9e6d-433b-9c52-595c72ecd0ab.jpg?v=1702243572"},{"product_id":"domaine-des-trouilleres-bouches-a-zorelles","title":"Bouche à Z'Oreille 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eMineral-driven Pinot Noir from the rolling hills of the Auvergne. Pouring translucent ruby in the glass, at first the wine jumps at you with lots of tart red fruits before layers of salt, smoke and minerality begin to emerge – a textbook Auvergnat Pinot that captures all the things we love about the volcanic region. On the palate the wine is supple, with soft tannins and mouth coating fluidity. Pure, nuanced and elegant, this is a wine clearly shaped by the volcanic region from which it comes. Tasting great now, we imagine this will only get better with time – lay down if you can. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eThe only single-parcel cuvée that Camille and Mikaël produce with Pinot Noir from their Larrivas plot on the northern slopes of Corent. The vines here at grow at 380m above sea level on basalt. The fruit is destemmed and fermented in concrete, before being transferred to stoneware amphora to age for 12 months.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA bottle for those curious Burgundy lovers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine des Trouillères","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55469379092862,"sku":"DNR-GER-TROU-BOUCHE","price":29.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/BouchesAZ_Orelles2022.jpg?v=1749212758"},{"product_id":"mikael-bouges-le-fie","title":"Le Fié 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eA beautiful single-vineyard cuvée, using the forgotten Sauvignon Gris varietal - know locally as Fié. It's a historical grape of the region that was largely abandoned because of its low yields in favour of the ubiquitous Sauvignon Blanc. Fié has a much broader, more textural profile and ripens with striking light purple skins. The vineyard is situated on the slopes down to the river Cher, here with particularly deep, well-draining limestone gravel and just a small percentage of clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImmediately, the aromatics are open and draw you in - white peach, lemongrass, something a little golden and honeyed. A touch of barrel richness melds nicely with the fleshy textures on show. Citrus notes have an oily quality, and there are savoury notes of peppercorn and fenugreek. It's an altogether less linear style of white than what we have come to expect from this region, lending even more range to \u003cspan\u003eMikaël's output.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe grapes were pressed directly into tanks to begin fermentation then transferred to old 500-litre oak barrels to rest for 10 months before bottling.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikaël Bouges","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55562048373118,"sku":null,"price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Mikael_Bouges_La_Fie.jpg?v=1779301924"},{"product_id":"noella-morantin-cot-a-cot","title":"Côt à Côt 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eHighly mineral expression of Côt (Malbec) that is really benefitting from time in the cellar. The name translates to two ways with the same grape - half de-stemmed, half whole bunches, that are layered up one on top of the other and vinified in the style affectionately known as \u003cem\u003emille-feuille, \u003c\/em\u003efor a gentler extraction of tannins. The resulting pomace following the pressing does indeed resemble a gateaux of crushed grape skins.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a spicy, sanguine wine - bloody and iron-rich, full of nimble, freshly-picked bramble fruits, white pepper and petrichor minerality. Tannins are fine-grained and frame the light body neatly, and in a different method to Noëlla's usual élevage, there is a purity that is emphasised by the omission of barrel-ageing, this spends one year in steel tank only. Bottled in autumn 2022, this time has brought clarity and depth, making this an ideal bottle to reach for on cool autumn and winter nights.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noëlla Morantin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55616308445566,"sku":"WAY-MORANTIN-COTACOT-21","price":26.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/NOELLA_MORANTIN_COT_A_COT_2021.jpg?v=1757669421"},{"product_id":"noella-morantin-le-printemps","title":"Le Printemps 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first time we have been able to get our hands on any of Noëlla's gorgeous Pinot Noir, coming from a tiny half-hectare parcel that sadly over the years has suffered at the hands of the elements. This vintage over half the parcel was lost to the infamous hailstorm of 2022 that caused huge losses in the region. Tiny quantities then, but what remained made for a pretty, incredibly savoury expression of this delicate grape.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAromas are elevated and multi-layered, that classic autumnal forest floor with dry spices, charcoal smoke and just a suggestion of the barrel note that will follow. Floating on a gossamer-smooth texture, fruits mix red strawberries with blood orange, with toasted almond notes coming from the wood. Tannins practically melt away with everything hanging in beautiful balance, refined and elegant.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrapes were macerated as whole bunches for two weeks then pressed into old oak barrels to rest for one year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noëlla Morantin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55616322044286,"sku":"WAY-MORANTIN-PRINTEMPS-2022","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Noella_Morantin_Le_Printemps_2022.jpg?v=1757669291"},{"product_id":"elisa-guerin-beaujolais-villages-2024","title":"Beaujolais-Villages 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA firm house favourite, Elisa's 2024 Beaujolais-Villages rouge comes replete with glossy, vibrant verve, savoury spices and powdery, perfumed aromatics - exactly what we look for in great Gamay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlways incredibly drinkable, with a nose of cherries, crushed peppercorn spice and violet flowers, followed by some freshly crushed berry fruit and a lick of acidity, all underpinned with pronounced stony minerals. This year there is a welcome density to the fruit, whilst retaining a sleek and fluid character. Fantastically fine-grained tannins imprint a detailed granular feel in the finish. Juicy, vivid and wonderfully pure, it's another laudable vintage for this versatile and accessible cuvée.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e100% Gamay from a parcel south of the family domaine in Quincié, converted by Elisa over 5 years and now certified organic. Planted over soils of blue schist, sandy granite and limestone, the vines are around 50 years old. The grapes are placed in concrete tanks as complete bunches with no crushing to undergo carbonic maceration. With no pigéage or pumping over, they are then pressed off after 8 days, before being returned to concrete for 6 months to come to rest. 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'Les Thorins' is a single 1.5 hectare plot of 60 year-old vines in Moulin-à-Vent, planted over a very specific soil type known locally as 'gorrha' - a dusty, iron-rich mix of decomposed granite, quartz sands and clay.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrue to the expression of the cru, there is an elegant muscularity on display, with dark red fruits and spice intermingling over a rusty mineral streak. Despite a slightly cooler 2023, it nevertheless radiates power and density, with a rounded, silken mouthfeel. Everything to suggest that this wine will develop very nicely over the coming years.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeginning with a 14-day whole-bunch semi-carbonic maceration in concrete, the grapes at the bottom of the tank being crushed under the weight of those at the top. Bearing the boldest structure of all of Elisa's cru wines, she carries out three pump-overs in this time. After pressing, 80% of the wine remained in concrete and 20% was transferred to old 220-litre oak barrels for 10 months of élevage, before bottling without filtration.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisa Guerin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55919457403262,"sku":"WAY-GUERIN-THORINS-23","price":33.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ElisaGuerinLesThorins2023.jpg?v=1761322050"},{"product_id":"elisa-guerin-champ-de-coeur-moulin-a-vent","title":"Moulin-à-Vent 'Champ de Cour' 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eA special cuvée made only in exceptional years, of which 2023 was deemed to be in this part of Beaujolais. 'Champ de Cour' is a single small parcel at just 0.4 hectares that ordinarily serves as a component of '\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/waywardwines.co.uk\/products\/elisa-guerin-la-vigne-de-mon-pere-moulin-a-vent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eLa Vigne de Mon Pere\u003c\/a\u003e'. Here we see a hyper-specific expression of terroir, this parcel singled out to make its own unique wine owing to its sandy decomposed granite soils having a high content of the manganese minerals - something closely associated with fine structure and ageability of wines from this cru. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe most delicately-extracted of all her Moulin-à-Vent wines, here we have beautifully elevated floral aromas coiling around spices of peppercorn and capsicum flesh, with a pronounced petrichor minerality. Sleek and plush across the palate, pretty red and black fruits tail into an elegant finish of iron and wet stones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom massal selection vines between 40 and 70 years of age, grapes were placed in large concrete tanks so go through a semi-carbonic maceration over a fortnight, the weight of the grapes at the top crushing those at the bottom of the tank and with just a couple of punch-downs towards the end of fermentation. It was then pressed off, half into old 220-litre barrels and half into fibreglass cuve to rest for 10 months, with no filtration before bottling. Only 1300 bottles made in total.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisa Guerin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55919471690110,"sku":"WAY-GUERIN-CHAMP-23","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ElisaGuerinChampdeCoeur.jpg?v=1761321852"},{"product_id":"arpepe-rosso-di-valtellina","title":"Rosso di Valtellina 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eYou may be more familiar with the muscular Nebbiolo of Barolo or Barbaresco - see what happens to Nebbiolo here in Valtellina. Pale, pure, elegant and nuanced, evocative of a fine French Burgundy, yet something totally unique that can only be the product of this specific location. An absolute house favourite.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eWe’re interested in wine with that all important ‘sense of place’ - if you want to really understand that term then this is a good wine to help you do so, it’s how we learned too!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e Valtellina is in a valley in the extreme north of Italy: Lombardy. The sides of the valley slope steeply upwards and eventually turn into the snow-capped mountains of the Swiss Alps, to give you an idea of altitude and climate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eFor grapes to grow well here the vineyards need to take advantage of these steep South-facing slopes so that the grapes can be bathed in as much light as possible for the entire duration of the day, otherwise they simply wont ripen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eThe grapes undergo a long, gentle maceration in tini, before being pressed off to big old chestnut casks until the following Spring. Fruit forward, pretty and perfumed, this is a perfect introduction to the Mountain Nebbiolo this family does so well.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ar.Pe.Pe.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55927338467710,"sku":"TUT-ARPEPE-ROSSO-23","price":35.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ArpepeRossodiValtellina2023.jpg?v=1760372320"},{"product_id":"americano","title":"Americano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn Americano is a traditional apéritif from Piedmont. A play on the French amér, it is similar to a Vermouth, but usually contains extra bitter components. Mauro’s is based on Grignolino from his niece-in-law, Nadia of Cascina Tavijn. This is blended with raw alcohol steeped in sugar, wormwood, savoury, orange skin, gentiana root and a host of dry Italian pantry herbs. Served on the rocks with a glug of soda and a slice of orange, it is a cult classic that never disappoints.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chinati Vergano","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55997217276286,"sku":"TUT-VERG-AMER","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/CHINATOVERGANCOAMERICANO16_ED.jpg?v=1658492662"},{"product_id":"domaine-durpaz-en-route-pour-lapero","title":"En Route Pour l'Apero 2024","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe clue is in the name with this one, ‘En Route Pour l'Apero’ which translates to ‘On the Way to an Aperitif’. Here we have a natural wine which pays homage to the alpine grape variety Jacquère - the king of the aperitif!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFresh, taught and pure with citrus, pears and apples aplenty. 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