French Wine Style|Cloudy Funky + Wild | Wayward Wines

Style – Cloudy Funky + Wild

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

Sébastien David
Hurluberlu 2024

Cabernet Franc at its brightest, freshest + crunchiest. Juicy, vegetal, with herbal perfume. A notorious wine with cult following and highly distinctive bottle. Find out more.

  • Region Bourgueil, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£18.75

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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

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Domaine Durrmann
Riesling Sur Grès 2023

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
£25.25

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Val de Combrès
Les Champs Magnetiques 2022

A 15-day maceration of Roussanne blended with a direct-press of Vermentino and Grenache Blanc. In a lightly oxidative style, the wine was assembled into 600 litre demi-muid barrels for 6 months with no topping up. An intriguing blend of fresh, fleshy stone fruits, sitting alongside the saline complexity of the oxidation. Find out more.

  • Region Luberon, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Roussanne, Vermentino & Grenache Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25

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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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Domaine Einhart
Alsace White 2023

Pouring an inviting hazy shade of peach, the wine screams summer and simply busts with fruit, salt and flowers, all purity, balance and immense drinkability. Find out more.

  • Region Rosenwiller, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Riesling & Muscat
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£21.50

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Le Mazel
Cuvée Briand 2023

In keeping with the vintage, 2023 sees an abundance of blackcurrant fruit right upfront, giving way to those typically herb-flecked liquorice notes, fennel and clove. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Grenache
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.50

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Domaine Bobinet
PIAK! Blanc 2023

A thirst-quenching blanc de noir of Cabernet Franc. That's right, white wine from red grapes! Invitingly hazy in the glass, with just the slightest peachy hue, this is one that is hard not to glug when the sun is shining down. Find out more.

  • Region Saumur-Champigny, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£25

Jerome Saurigny
Biclir 2022

A category defying red/white blend, light, fragrant, a touch more tannin + green fruit than previous cuvées, still lithe + bloody with pretty floral aromatics Find out more.

  • Region Rochefort sur Layon, Loire, France
  • Grapes Grolleau, Gamay, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chenin Blanc & Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£47.50

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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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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 '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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Olivier Cousin
Qvevri 2023

The most elemental of all of the wines, there are rugged flecks of volatility to the aromatics, with flashes of wild bramble showing themselves in-between. Find out more.

  • Region Anjou, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£34.50

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Le Mazel
Cuvée Charbonniéres 2022

Demi-sec Chardonnay that is textured, vinous, and heaves with sweet/sour citrus fruit. A mean foil to fiery Southeast Asian dishes; the residual sugar really comes into its own in this context. A particularly wild Mazel vintage. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25

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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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Axel Prüfer
Le Temps des Cerises 'La Capitulation Ne Paie Pas!' 2023

This pale, crimson pink offers freshness in abundance with plenty of soft red fruits and vibrant acidity. One to chill down and enjoy in a single sitting. Find out more.

  • Region Beziers, Languedoc, France
  • Grapes Cinsault
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£28.50

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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
£25.75

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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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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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Jerome Saurigny
Grind 2023

Chalky, mineral, savoury notes and ripe green apples for days. On the palate, taught acidity is tight around a rich, opulent texture, balancing fresh and rich. Find out more.

  • Region Rochefort sur Layon, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£53

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Patrick Bouju & Justine Loiseau
Môl MAGNUM 2021

Magnum bottling! Full of pure, inky dark fruit and bristling, chalky tannins. Opening a bottle of Bouju is always an occasion. Find out more.

  • Region St Georges Sur Allier, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Gamay, Syrah, Grenache, Cinsault, Carignan, Merlot, Sauvignon Blanc & Muscat
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£55

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