French Wine Style|Aromatic + Textured, Price|£20-£30 | Wayward Wines

Style – Aromatic + Textured

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

Landron-Chartier
Natürlich 2022

The 2022 vintage was a ripe one, Natürlich manages to be both fresh and juicy. Peachy pink-hued, zippy and thirst quenching. Find out more.

  • Region Nantes, Loire, France
  • Grapes Folle Blanche, Gamay & Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£24.50

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Domaine Durrmann
Ron-Rond le Litron Blanc 2023

A litre bottle of pure sunshine that jumps from the glass A hazy shade of lemon in glass, grapefruit, lemon, Elderflower, lime, pithy, zippy minerality. Find out more.

  • Region Andlau, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot blanc, Riesling, Gewürztraminer & Sylvaner
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£26

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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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Le Mazel
Cuvée Les Lèches 2024

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
£25

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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
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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La Grange Du Nord
Bords de Scene 2021

Stunning blend of mainly Grenache with 10% Syrah. From the off, the colour in the glass pulls you in - a brick-tinged sunset ruby, crystalline and inviting. Perhaps the ultimate display of Fred's lightness of touch, the wine blends a lifted, complex perfume, with a confounding depth of structure that belies its appearance. Find out more.

  • Region Gard, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Grenache & Syrah
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£29.50

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La Grange Du Nord
Ornière 2022

A fabulously floaty infusion-style wine, showing the diminished tannic structure, pure fruit character and openness of aroma that can be achieved with this restrained method. Fragrant with fresh strawberries and dusty anise, the body of the wine is rounded and gravity-defying, the lightly confected red fruits and spices taking on a pillowy, compote-like quality with a dust of herby liquorice. Find out more.

  • Region Gard, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Clairette, Syrah, Grenache & Cinsault
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£26.50

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La Grange Du Nord
Cercle 2022

The texture of the wine is wonderfully supple and fluid, with impressive purity of fruit. Highly digestible, the wine seems to diffuse at the edges, showing a satin-like softness, and airy quality that defies the southern heat. Find out more.

  • Region Gard, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Grenache, Carignan & Counoise
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£26.50

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Domaine Einhart
Pet Nat 2023

Bright and refreshing with a wonderful perfume balanced out by immensely satisfying fruit and lovely bubbles, all wrapped up with a palate cleansing streak of acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Rosenwiller, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris & Gewürztraminer
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25

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La Vrille et le Papillon
La Tribu 2024

Bright, fluid Grenache, with lifted aromatics of dusty redcurrant, capsicum spice and strawberry liquorice. There is something distinctly Gamay-esque at play here; fruit-forward, flora, but with those dusty dry spices and herbal tones that make it so very Ardèche. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Grenache
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23

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Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
L'Alezan 'Merci' 2023

The super-fine bubbles are pinprick but persistent, buoying the gummy strawberry fruits of the Syrah on a little cushion of air. The addition of the white grape creates a lovely brick-tinged, amber-blush colour in the glass, and carries through into spicy, textural stone fruits. Find out more.

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

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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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La Luminaille
Rasteau Vin Doux Nature 2022

On the nose this sweet red wine bursts with clear cut cherry, raspberry blackberries with just a hint of menthol and spice adding a layer of complexity. Luscious but light on its feet with a digeste quality, this has very fine tannins and a savoury finish. Find out more.

  • Region Rasteau, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Grenache
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£25.75

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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
£25.75

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La Grange Du Nord
Le Fil Qui Chante 2023

A unique wine that balances savoury, umami aspects with sweet almond and floral tones. The press of the red grape lifts the overall acidity, lending some brighter notes that cut through the curious mix of white flowers, marzipan and woody spices. Find out more.

  • Region Gard, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Roussane, Cinsault & Clairette
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£26.50

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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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Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
La Tangente 'Ostara' 2023

The Grenache and Cinsault bring their particular brand of spice, taking things into a herbal direction in the finish, with pleasing bitters to cut the palate and balance out the abundance of gummy fruit. Find out more.

  • Region Étables, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Grenache, Syrah & Cinsault
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29.50

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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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Mataburro
Quartet Blanc 2024

A brand new (and possibly one-off) cuvée from Mataburro. Pithy, tense, and invigorating giving kiwi, lime, flowers and white pepper. Find out more.

  • Region Perpignan, Roussillon, France
  • Grapes Viognier & Grenache Gris
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£28.95

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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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