French Wine Colour|White, Country|France, Style|Aromatic + Textured | Wayward Wines

Colour – White

Experience the essence of French wines, offering a rich variety of natural reds, whites, and rosés from the country’s renowned wine regions.

Domaine Durrmann
Riesling Sur Grès 2024

Yann’s electric-charged, bouncing-ball of Riesling. Lively, zippy and incredibly fresh with lots of pithy citrus, precise acidity and soft chalky texture. Find out more.

  • Region Andlau, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no added sulphites
£26

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Beck-Hartweg
Dambach-la-Ville Riesling 2023

Acidity is right up there, lots of fresh lime, pink grapefruit citrus and stony mineral character and an impressively rounded-out structure with creamy depth. Find out more.

  • Region Dambach-la-Ville, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29.50

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Olivier Cousin
Au-delà 2023

Broad, textural Chenin with a prickly, perlant energy on opening, it shows a wonderful balance of soft edges and angular tension. Taut, electric and lush. Find out more.

  • Region Anjou, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£38

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Noëlla Morantin
Chez Charles 2023

Intriguingly opulent Sauvignon Blanc, that pulls off a fine balance between rich, barrel-y notes and fresh, invigorating citrus fruits. Big aromas that meld some of those buttery notes with lemon and lime leap from the glass and on the palate the wine is impressively soft, rounded and concentrated. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£32.50

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Chateau Barouillet
Bergecrac Blanc Sec 2024

Cracking value Bergerac Blanc cuvée equally blending four different grapes that are expressed in a distinctly Southern style; riper, textured and savoury. Find out more.

  • Region Bergerac, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Sémillon, Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£19.75

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Axel Prüfer
Le Temps des Cerises 'La Peur du Rouge' 2024

An excellent year for this cuvée, it pours a hazy golden hue in the glass and shows a panoply of exuberant tropical fruits balanced by a refreshing acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Beziers, Languedoc, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay & Clairette
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£30.50

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La Cuverie
Patchwork Chardonnay 2023

Citrus, peaches and cream, hazy, textured and just a little bit wild. Made with grapes from many different micro-parcels planted over 5 hectares. Find out more.

  • Region Bugey, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£26.25

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Noëlla Morantin
LBL 2022

The wine sees two full years ageing in old oak barrels, imparting a gorgeous supple elegance, with passionfruit, salt crystals and white grapefruit hanging together in harmonious balance. So much purity, so much detail - Noëlla's exceptional top white never fails to bowl us over and is truly one-of-a-kind. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£36.50

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Hubert & Heidi Hausherr
Aussitôt Bue 2020

In harmony with the sweetness, it retains a beautiful, soaring acidity and the electric tropical fruits a twang of sherbet. Picking up a gentle oxidative note as the wine matured in the barrel, there are additional layers of walnut and spice. Find out more.

  • Region Eguisheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer & Auxerrois
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29.50

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Thomas Puéchavy
Le Rayon Blanc 2023

Perfectly balancing a low-key richness with a lucid clarity, this finely-tuned wine is bound with a sinew-y coil of acidity that cuts with phenomenal length. Find out more.

  • Region Vouvray, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£36

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Domaine Durrmann
'Kastelbari' Grand Cru Kastelberg 2022

Serious Grand Cru Riesling, picked early to retain freshness. Chiseled, mineral and persistently salty with great length and complexity. Find out more.

  • Region Andlau, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal added sulphites
£41.75

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Didier & Jules Grappe
Tohu Bohu 2023

Barrel notes are balanced, but can be picked up on immediately - that rich butterscotch, coconut sort of character that feels to intensify the fruit. Lemon is oily, or like a dense lemon curd; bruised orchard pears, a marmalade-y pithiness and concentration and a deep-set, struck match reductions that coils off and melds into the electric acids. Find out more.

  • Region Saint-Lothain, Jura, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£38

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Mikaël Bouges
Le Fié 2023

A beautiful single-vineyard cuvée, using the forgotten Sauvignon Gris varietal - know locally as Fié. White peach, lemongrass, something a little golden and honeyed. A touch of barrel richness melds nicely with the fleshy textures on show. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Gris
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£27.50

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Arnaud Chapuis
Ouverture Blanc 2022

It has electric acidity and incredibly pure fruit. Drinking well already but will only benefit from some cellar time if you have the patience to lay it down. Find out more.

  • Region Côte de Beaune, Burgundy, France
  • Grapes Aligoté
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£44

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La Vrille et le Papillon
Caprice du Chameau 2024

2021 sees a different blend for this ever-popular wine after Meryl & Géraldine lost half of their Viognier harvest to hail. As always, the wine shows concentrated, oily citrus and fleshy yellow stone fruits. There is a savoury, herbal quality and the time the wine has had in contact with the lees can be felt in the long finish. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Viognier
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£26.50

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Le Mazel
Cuvée Les Lèches 2024 MAGNUM

Ripe and textural with layers of tropical fruits, spices and a bright mineral backbone from the limestone. This year the wine is dry and clear-cut, with smoky peaches, herby fennel, aniseed and zesty citrus oils coaxed out by the southern heat. A nourishing country wine with plenty of Mazel soul. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Grenache Blanc & Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£52

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Thomas Puéchavy
Les Doyennes Amphora 2023

From the prized 80 year-old vines of the domaine, this is an incredibly scarce micro-cuvée variant on Les Doyennes, and the product of a single 180-litre clay amphora. Find out more.

  • Region Vouvray, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£54

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Noëlla Morantin
Chez Charles 2023 MAGNUM

Intriguingly opulent Sauvignon Blanc, that pulls off a fine balance between rich, barrel-y notes and fresh, invigorating citrus fruits. Big aromas that meld some of those buttery notes with lemon and lime leap from the glass and on the palate the wine is impressively soft, rounded and concentrated. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£69.50

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