French Wine Country|France, Price|£30-£40, Style|Aromatic + Textured | Wayward Wines

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

Beck-Hartweg
Lieu-Dit Rittersberg 2020

Bright tangerine colour, peaches and cream on the nose, roses, tarragon and gentian on the palate, finishing long, complex and crystalline. Unique, characterful and exhilarating. Find out more.

  • Region Dambach-la-Ville, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Pinot Auxerrois & Gewürztraminer
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£35.75

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Noëlla Morantin
Momu 2020

Aromatically this is a textbook example of the grape; plush, brightly-toned notes of red berries, charred capsicum and ground coffee are vibrant and upfront. On the palate the wine is glossy, with deep, sumptuous fruit and gentle bitters leading into detailed granular tannins and a stony, mineral backbone. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£34

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Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
La Tangente 'Ho'oponopono' 2022

A maceration of Viognier, Marsanne & Roussanne grown over limestone, acquired from the Gard in the south. A powerfully structured wine, balancing a relatively low gravity with bold, mouth-coating tannins. A hazy, sandy gold in the glass, there is an abundance of intense apricot fruits with a peach iced tea-like quality that lends real dryness to the palate as it tails into a long, herbal finish. Find out more.

  • Region Étables, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Viognier, Marsanne & Roussanne
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£33.50

Hubert & Heidi Hausherr
Les Copines des Copains 2023

A beautifully-coloured, aromatic field-blend maceration, exuding peppercorn spices and the humid, musky ambiance of the glasshouse garden. Find out more.

  • Region Eguisheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Field Blend
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£31.50

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Thomas Puéchavy
Les Turbulents 2022

This is the second release of the 2022 vintage, given an extended lees ageing equaling a total of two years sur lattes before disgorgement. The extra time has taken the wine from quenching fizz into altogether more refined territory. Find out more.

  • Region Vouvray, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£34

Wayward Christmas Cases
Christmas Crackers

‘Christmas Crackers’ is our intermediate case, featuring bottles to keep back for those special meals and moments. Find out more.

  • Region Various
  • Grapes Various
£150

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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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Olivier Cousin
Pur Breton 2024

Pur Breton is in many ways Olivier's emblematic cuvée. Its name, an indirect way of stating '100% Cabernet Franc' where it is not permitted to be said, a source of consternation for the Anjou appellation and exemplar of the spirit of its maker. Find out more.

  • Region Anjou, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£30

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Thomas Puéchavy
Le Rayon Blanc 2022

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
£35

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Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
La Tangente 'Ho'oponopono' 2023

A hazy, sandy gold in the glass, there is an abundance of intense apricot and pineapple fruits with a peach iced tea-like quality and long, herb-flecked finish. Find out more.

  • Region Étables, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Viognier, Marsanne & Roussanne
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£34

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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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Le Batossay
Gr Gr 2022

A hazy shade of sunset in the glass, the wine pairs ripe, tropical fruit, sea salt and stones to brilliant effect, making for a formidable apéritif. Find out more.

  • Region Anjou, Loire, France
  • Grapes Grolleau Gris
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£32.75

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Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
La Tangente 'Petit Prince' 2023

Aromatics balance brighter, higher tones of red fruits with savoury mushroom in a way that hints at something Burgundian. Texturally, the wine is slick, plush and elegant, giving the dusty cherry fruits and unexpected citrus peels an lovely soft edge. Find out more.

  • Region Étables, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Cinsault, Carignan, Grenache, Syrah & Tempranillo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£34

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Domaine Durrmann
'Kastelbari' Grand Cru Kastelberg 2022

Serious Grand Cru Riesling from this singular producer. The 2022 shows great balance, 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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Yannick Meckert
Stupeur et Tremblement 2024

An inviting Poulsard-pink in the glass, with layer upon layer of complexity – blood orange bitters, spice, rose petals and peach. A category-defying wine. Find out more.

  • Region Rosheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Gewürztraminer, Pinot Gris & Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£36

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Thomas Puéchavy
Les Vrilles 2023

Beautifully pale in the glass, fruits are all crisp, juicy green apple and crystalline lemon peel with a dash of prickly white pepper and salty minerals to underpin. Find out more.

  • Region Vouvray, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£30

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Mariette & Albéric
L’Abiizze 2023

This vintage is a touch lighter than previous, with bright aromatic fruit, vivid acidity and a nice touch of roundness and spice from time in old barrel. Find out more.

  • Region Rablay-sur-Layon, Loire, France
  • Grapes Grolleau, Chenin Blanc & Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£32.25

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Petite Nature
Paysages 2023

Lighter on its feet than the year before, white grapefruit pith and salty preserved lemon marry with tense acids, providing crystalline clarity and a bracing quality. Despite the leaner expression, mouthwatering tropical fruit is still present, with a little spice and some cleansing bitters to round it out. Find out more.

  • Region Quintenas, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Viognier
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£38

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Arnaud Chapuis
Ouverture Maceration 2022

100% Aligote, macerated in whole bunches, then pressed off in Arnaud's small basket press. It's got incredibly ripe fruit, balanced with a taut minerality and focus. Find out more.

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

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Wayward Christmas Cases
Santa's Cellar Selects

For our top case, Santa has dug into his cellar to select some of his favourite festive bottles. Find out more.

  • Region Various
  • Grapes Various
£250

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L'Absurde Génie des Fleurs
Curcubeu 2023

Filled with fresh raspberry fruit intwined with a deep minerality and gentle spritz upon opening, giving the wine an irresistible thirst-quenching quality. Find out more.

  • Region Hérault, Languedoc, France
  • Grapes Field Blend
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£37.75

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Le Chai Volant
Hannah 2024

Dense and concentrated, the fruit is pithy, evoking bitter orange marmalade, grapefruit and mango skin, all with the ever-permeating herbal lilt. Find out more.

  • Region Aspres, Roussillon, France
  • Grapes Macabeu & Carignan Blanc
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£30

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ABRACADABRA
Hot Girls 3 2023

A juicy, energetic red/white blend that falls between deep rosé and red. Expect ripe, sun-kissed fruit with a touch of salinity and a rich tropical finish. Find out more.

  • Region Pressat, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Grenache noir, Cinsault, Sauvignon Blanc & Colombard
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£36.75

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Noëlla Morantin
Le Printemps 2022

Aromas 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. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£36

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