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The resulting blend sees this woody influence gently integrated into the wine leaving plenty of room for freshness and minerality to keep it all in balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a real crowd-pleaser in style - big, baked fruits with that dark and spicy character and at a price that makes it even more approachable.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon Busser","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42523354202342,"sku":"GER-BUSS-COT","price":19.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/BUSSERCOT13ED-Reliance-Laptop.jpg?v=1658928246"},{"product_id":"chateau-barouillet-bergecrac-rouge","title":"Bergecrac Rouge 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eGreat value wine for the table that ticks all the boxes in terms of viticulture and vinification. An even-split blend of familiar grapes, the 2024 iteration of this cuvée has been made infusion style, with a mix of both crushed and whole bunches macerated in the direct-press juice for about 10 days - leaving the finished wine even lighter than previous vintages with beautifully bright, crunchy fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe emphasis is here is all on freshness and fruit. There's a bit of all the grapes' key-characteristics coming through: savoury Malbec, herbaceous Cab Franc, red-fruited Merlot and plummy, spicy Cab Sauv.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA belter of a wine c \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e locking in under £20.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chateau Barouillet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43014460735718,"sku":"UTB-CRAC-ROUG","price":19.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/BarouilletBergercracRouge2023.jpg?v=1729863060"},{"product_id":"aurelien-charlotte-houillon-indigo-cotes-du-rhone","title":"'Indigo' Côtes-du-Rhône 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is one of the top wines at the domaine – old vines yielding concentrated grapes, vinification 'en cuve fermée' (semi-carbonic maceration in stainless steel vats, the tanks are sealed with a floating lid which retains CO2, keeps the cap immersed and prevents the growth of bacteria) for 14 weeks, ageing in stainless steel vat. This is where Aurélien's fine touch comes into play, the wine is deep and structured but he manages to retain so much freshness and nuances within it. Indigo also expresses complex and enticing aromas of bramble fruits, viola flowers and blood orange – a stunning bottling from the Houillons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aurélien \u0026 Charlotte Houillon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43407322087654,"sku":"VIN-HOUILLON-INDIGO-20","price":49.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/HOUILLONINDIGO202013.5.jpg?v=1664459848"},{"product_id":"la-tangente-potion","title":"La Tangente 'Potion' 2021","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e100% Carignan made using grapes bought in from friends farming organically in Luberon; the most south-easterly point of the Rhône, approaching Provence. The vines enjoy a more Mediterranean climate than their own in the northern Ardèche, and are planted over a mix of limestone and clay.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe grapes are crushed by foot and see a gentle 10-day, whole-bunch maceration before being pressed off to old foudre and demi-muid barrels for 8 months, then bottled with no filtration and zero additions. Herbaceous fruit and savoury spice from the Carignan is perfectly balanced with a supple and elegant texture and a pleasing wire of acid. Like previous vintages, it retains some under-ripe pomegranate-like crunch, and something vegetal from the stems - this time with a hint of anise. Another great vintage of this tonic delight!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cimported directly=\"\" and=\"\" exclusively=\"\" by=\"\" wayward=\"\" wines=\"\"\u003e\u0026gt;\nA markedly different wine to the 2019 vintage that preceded it, Potion is, as always, 100% Carignan made using grapes bought in from friends farming organically in Luberon; the most south-easterly point of the Rhône, approaching Provence. The vines enjoy a more Mediterranean climate than their own in the northern Ardèche, and are planted over a mix of limestone and clay. This time around Patricia \u0026amp; Remi elected to pick the grapes a couple of weeks earlier than the year before, preserving some extra acidity in the grapes and keeping the finished alcohol down. Likewise in the cellar the method was more restrained; for little over a week the foot-crushed juice of the whole bunches was gently steeped with the stalks and skins before being pressed off to old foudre for 10 months then bottled with no additions. Herbaceous fruit and savoury spice from the Carignan is perfectly balanced with some underripe, Pomegranate-like crunch lending a tonic quality and a transluscent ruby shimmer. Our favourite vintage of this wine yet! Magnums are also available.\u003c\/imported\u003e","brand":"Patricia \u0026 Rémi Bonneton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43445890973926,"sku":"WAY-ALEZ-POTION-21","price":27.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/ARABILISPOTION12_2020ED_2ee3a22d-41e1-43a9-b9c0-f3b9119f91bc.jpg?v=1665493036"},{"product_id":"hurluberlu-sebastien-david","title":"Hurluberlu 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA notorious natural wine with a cult following and a highly distinctive bottle. This is Cabernet Franc at its brightest, freshest and crunchiest. Juicy, vegetal and with a herbal perfume - prime red chiller material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEach year Hurluberlu has its own identity and it seems to be better each year. Dark and vivid purple, fresh and bright with cherry kirsch flavours; lots of dark fruits that are underpinned with a savoury, minerally character. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe way Sebastien makes this wine allows him no need for sulphur, instead using carbon dioxide to protect the grapes. He leaves the bunches on skins for 25 days and has free run juice at the bottom of his tank to start the fermentation process. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is a concentrated, elegant, slightly grippy, skinsy Cabernet Franc with cherry fruit and that defining herbaceous waft of green capsicum pepper. Try it chilled!\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sébastien David","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43486171136230,"sku":"CAV-DAVID-HURLU-23","price":19.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/SEBASTIENDAVIDHURLUBERLU202013_ED_0964d44b-5762-4b59-a665-f0cdee1b2349.jpg?v=1671188377"},{"product_id":"lo-petit-fantet-d-hippolyte-corbieres-rouge","title":"'Lo Petit Fantet d’Hippolyte' Corbières Rouge 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePetit Fantet speaks of the scorched heat of this part of the Languedoc; as you’d expect, the final level of alcohol is high, but there is freshness and acidity to provide balance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLots of dark kirsch and raspberry fruit, with a waft of wild herbs, earth and dense, compact tannins. A great wine for with rustic cuisine - sausages, lentils, mature cheeses and deep, dark, black olive-flecked stews. The kind of fuller-bodied red that keeps everyone around the table happy.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ollieux Romanis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43520972161254,"sku":"CAV-PETIT-FAN-ROUGE-24","price":16.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/OLLIEUXROMANISLOPETITFANTETD_HIPPOLYTE14_2020ED_e0125d64-9ec1-423c-82a2-0020b214359b.jpg?v=1668008782"},{"product_id":"le-batossay-ouech-cousin","title":"Ouech' Cousin 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eGrolleau from a parcel of 50 year old vines surrounded by forest and planted over loam. This land has been in the Cousins’ family for generations and never subjected to chemical farming. The grapes were fermented for three weeks as whole bunches, before being pressed to cuve for a short rest. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA light, bright, crunchy natural wine that has been bottled young, brimming with energy. Pouring a ruby red in the glass with that textbook black and blue fruits, earth and spice you would expect from Grolleau. One to serve chilled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Batossay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43581270950118,"sku":"REP-TUT-BATO-OUECH","price":32.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/LEBATOSSAYOUECHCOUSIN202111.jpg?v=1675440004"},{"product_id":"pierre-borel-clos-de-pavee-bourgueil","title":"'Clos de Pavée' Bourgueil 2021","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"page\" title=\"Page 6\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"section\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"layoutArea\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"column\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis is a young, crunchy Bourgueil full of bright cranberry and cherry fruit and plenty of the herbaceous capsicum notes you'd expect from the grape. Highly fragrant with charred green pepper on the nose and the finish leads to bitter dark chocolate. A really delicious, fresh expression of Bourgueil\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePierre has changed the process up a little with the 2021 vintage, now opting for an 80\/20 blend of de-stemmed maceration and whole bunch carbonic, keeping the overall tannic structure fine. Élevage now follows the same ratios, the larger number being raised in fibreglass cuve and the smaller in a collection of old, used barriques that Pierre has recently acquired, introducing a rounder feel to the finished wine. The grapes, as ever, come from the young vines of Cabernet Franc planted over gravelly limestone in the beautiful walled clos that gives the wine its name.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Pierre Borel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43641361858790,"sku":"WAY-BOR-BORG-21","price":24.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/BORELCLOSDEPAVEE2021.jpg?v=1677249500"},{"product_id":"estezargues-cuvee-des-galets","title":"Cuvée des Galets 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eGo-to Rhone blend at a price that makes having real, natural wine on your table an everyday option. Syrah and Grenache, meaning spicy aromas and lots of juicy red fruit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEstézargues Is a cooperative of winemakers working around the Gard, the difference being that each member is working organically, thus creating an affordable wine that is made with no industrial methods. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Estézargues","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43757954924774,"sku":"CAV-ESTA-GALETS-22","price":13.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/CuveedesGalets2023.jpg?v=1759224547"},{"product_id":"elisa-guerin-chiroubles","title":"Chiroubles 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeppercorn spice and deep fruits leap from the glass, the texture of the wine is beautifully soft and silky, with integrated, lightly gripping tannic structure. There is a rusty, iron-like mineral quality beneath it all, that really shows itself in the long, stony finish. A truly elegant wine that demonstrates the complexity of its old-vine origin. Reflecting the heat of a scorching vintage, with little rain, the structure is bolder and more concentrated than previous vintages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100% Gamay from the Guerin’s prized plot of 50 year-old, massal selection vines, planted over sandy, decomposed granite, also in the early stages of organic conversion. The grapes see a short semi-carbonic maceration in whole bunches, with both fermentation and élevage taking place in concrete tanks. The wine is bottled 8 months later. With some altitude over the Moulin-à-Vent and Village wines, this is the more delicate, finessed expression.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisa Guerin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44001686782182,"sku":"WAY-GUERIN-CHIROUBLES-22","price":36.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/GUERINCHIROUBLES13.5_2020ED_47da6ef9-5faf-425c-a6c2-5d8f57a87cc2.jpg?v=1699188589"},{"product_id":"domaine-de-la-cotelette-right-pinot","title":"Right Pinot 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e100% Pinot Noir given a gentle 12 days maceration whole bunch, then aged half in large foudre and half in 600l barrel. Wonderfully delicate, aromatic and bright with Benoit's signature purity underpinning every sip.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eExpressive already in its youth, this is the kind of Pinot that makes us remember why we love the varietal. Needless to say, the production is tiny, with very little to go around - we have just a few bottles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWe would recommend cellaring this bottle for at least 6 months or longer, It's sure to only get better with time. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Domaine de la Côtelette","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44102067716326,"sku":"DNRWRI-COT-RIGHT-23","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/DomainedelaCoteletteRightpinot2022.jpg?v=1702290956"},{"product_id":"noella-morantin-momu","title":"Momu 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eA fantastic new Cabernet Franc cuvée made using grapes from \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/waywardwines.co.uk\/blogs\/producers\/mikael-bouges\" title=\"Mikael Bouges Natural Wine Loire\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMikael Bouges\u003c\/a\u003e and his more limestone-heavy terroir in Faverolles. The fruit is destemmed and sees a long, three-month maceration before being aged in barrel for 18 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAromatically 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. A superb new addition to Noëlla's repertoire that stands apart stylistically from her other reds.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noëlla Morantin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44123654029542,"sku":"WAY-MORAN-MOMU-2020","price":34.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/NoellaMorantinMomu2020.jpg?v=1702572963"},{"product_id":"la-calmette-serpent-a-plumes","title":"Serpent a Plumes 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eA joyful and immediately satisfying Malbec\/Merlot blend, this is the juiciest of La Calmette’s wines. Immediate and enticing, bursting with ripe red fruits and spice underpinned with a satisfying edge of graphite and intense minerality.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003e2023 was an exceptional vintage for Maya and Nicholas, the resulting wine is beautifully silky and ripe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eIn a region otherwise known for muscular, tannic, over-baked reds, ‘Serpent A Plumes’ goes against the grain, showing Malbec’s brighter, lighter side without compromising on substance and depth of flavour.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eMade with a blend Malbec and Merlot, a small portion of the grapes are left whole bunch while the rest are de-stemmed. 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This one ticks all the boxes for exciting, rare and riveting, so it goes without saying there isn't much to go around. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Jerome Saurigny","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44939690049766,"sku":"DNRGERGOVIE-SAURIGNY-BICLIR-22","price":47.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/JeromeSaurigny_Biclir_2022.jpg?v=1718873296"},{"product_id":"mazel-larmande","title":"Cuvée Larmande 2023","description":"\u003cp _msttexthash=\"31432505\" _msthash=\"904\"\u003eFull of delicious, dark blackcurrant fruit, this is 100% Syrah given a twelve-day, whole-bunch carbonic maceration before being pressed back into tank. This had completed fermentation 7 months later and was bottled with no additions in spring 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp _msttexthash=\"65792571\" _msthash=\"903\"\u003eAnother lifted and vibrant expression of the varietal. Nicely fruit-forward this vintage, the palate is all salty black olive and blackcurrant, with some saline, savoury bitters and the line of acidity is taut with energetic vim. Mazel never fail to surprise and this is a seriously approachable vintage of Larmande, drinking so well now, with a long life ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45153460977894,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-LARM-23","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelLarmandeJuly24.jpg?v=1720091468"},{"product_id":"mazel-larmande-magnum","title":"Cuvée Larmande 2023 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp _msttexthash=\"35910784\" _msthash=\"904\"\u003eMagnum bottling. Full of delicious, dark blackcurrant fruit, this is 100% Syrah given a twelve-day, whole-bunch carbonic maceration before being pressed back into tank. This had completed fermentation 7 months later and was bottled with no additions in spring 2023.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp _msttexthash=\"65792571\" _msthash=\"903\"\u003eAnother lifted and vibrant expression of the varietal. Nicely fruit-forward this vintage, the palate is all salty black olive and blackcurrant, with some saline, savoury bitters and the line of acidity is taut with energetic vim. 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After pressing, the wine is transferred to old barrel for one year of quiet élevage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe couple handle all tasks in the vineyards and cellar themselves, everything is done by hand with no machinery and barely any electrics in their small cellar. The work is meticulous and gentle, the resulting wines are intricate, remarkable and full of character. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariette \u0026 Albéric","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45282683551974,"sku":"BINDNRBEATTIE-MARIETTE-LABIIZZE-23","price":32.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Mariette_Alberix_L_Abiizze_202.jpg?v=1726234243"},{"product_id":"la-grange-du-nord-mitan","title":"Mitan 2021","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most boldly-structured of the Grange du Nord wines, Mitan introduces a wild-edged nose of Carignan to the Grenache and Cinsault, and brings a lightly vegetal, stemmy character from the whole bunches.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGiving the most textbook notes of the varietals in its expression, there are forest fruits, blackcurrants and spice, with a tannic structure that feels woven into the wine. 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":"par-les-dunes-magnum","title":"Par les Dunes 2021 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eSmall quantities of this sensational wine in magnum only. 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Into this tank was blended a direct-press of the other mixed grapes from a separate vinification, providing aromatics and lift.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Grange Du Nord","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45357416120550,"sku":"WAY-GDN-DUNES-MAG-21","price":60.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/GDNParlesDunes2021MAGNUM.jpg?v=1727354648"},{"product_id":"cuvee-larmande-2011","title":"Cuvée Larmande 2011","description":"\u003cp\u003eThose who have had the experience know that, whilst humbly priced, Mazel wines age with aplomb. We're happy to offer a small quantity of the above Syrah cuvee with well over a decade under its belt. Here we start to see the youthful fruit fall away into something more chiseled and defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs with more recent vintages Larmande is 100% Syrah, fermented in carbonic maceration as whole bunches. The main point of intrigue here is that 2011 marks the final vintage that the wine would be transferred from steel tanks with a portion left to rest in old oak for a couple of years. Developed flavours are now appearing in the wine, but the captivating thing is that the taut acids do not seem to have dropped a notch. This is a wonderful example of the potential these wines hold. To drink now, with experience telling us that it could easily see another decade in the cellar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45362917507302,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-LAMA11","price":42.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelLarmandeJuly24_6f49bc14-91be-401b-99c7-4e34ecf161ed.jpg?v=1729159324"},{"product_id":"noella-morantin-mon-cher-gamay","title":"Mon Cher 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eA welcome return for this forest fruit Gamay that brims with tart black berries and sanguine minerals. It reminded us, in a somewhat protracted way, of something like a Lambrusco minus the bubbles - it has that crush of dark fruit, bright acidity and iron-like streak, softened with some creamy, lactic notes then deliciously smooth on the way down. Savoury charcoal bitters tail in the finish - a great vintage that sheds the carbo style of last year.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes were crushed as whole bunches and macerated for 8 days before being pressed off, half into steel and half into old barrels to rest for one year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Noëlla Morantin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51903557665150,"sku":"WAY-MORANTIN-MONCHER","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/NoellaMorantinMonCher22.jpg?v=1731584536"},{"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":"la-tangente-ostara-2023","title":"La Tangente 'Ostara' 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe second outing of this pure-fruited infusion wine, the 2023 vintage even more open and expressive, with a slight modification to the blend, incorporating a little spicy Cinsault to the mix.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWhen worked in this way the Syrah gives off some beautiful strawberry character, here with a soft, rounded compote-like concentration. 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. A positive ripple of varietal clarity, it’s great to see this cuvée develop and improve.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMainly a split of Grenache and Syrah, coming from organic plots in the Gard and Vaucluse departments of the Southern Rhône, grown over rocky limestone and clay. Grapes in whole bunches are dropped into direct-pressed juice for ten days, to gently bleed their pigment and tannins into the wine in a light extraction. Separately, a whole-bunch maceration of Cinsault is vinified and then added to the tank, making up about 10% of the final blend. The wine was then divided between a big old foudre barrel and clay tinaja to age for 8 months before bottling in spring 2024 with no additions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia \u0026 Rémi Bonneton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54946029830526,"sku":"WAY-ALEZ-OSTARA-23","price":29.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/BonnetonOstara23edited.jpg?v=1737366006"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-pur-breton","title":"Pur Breton 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePur 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% Cabernet Franc from his younger parcel of vines planted in the late 90s, the grapes are de-stemmed and vinified in steel. Side-stepping the more vegetal, herbaceous side of the grape, here we have something a little more savoury, spicy and perfumed. There is a lip-smacking vitality to the fruit, and flavours of black cherry have a earthy, sanguine quality. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe free-run juice is drained early in the vinification to start fermentation, before being poured back over the crushed grapes to macerate for almost a month. This movement gives the wine a diffused, wide-open feel and seems to draw out more of the dusty spices that characterise the 2024 reds. With a brisk chill, a hunk of fresh bread and a coarse farmhouse rillettes, this is hard to beat.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55003052638590,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN-BRETON-24","price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Pur_Breton.jpg?v=1739370906"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-le-franc-magnum","title":"Le Franc 2022 MAGNUM","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom Olivier's prized old vines of massale selection Cabernet Franc, grafted by his grandfather in the late 40s. As you'd expect, Le Franc demonstrates\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003evin de garde \u003c\/em\u003equalities that suggest a long life ahead in the cellar - we're happy to offer some with a little time in big bottles, from the 2022 vintage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDe-stemmed, foot-crushed and fermented in an open-topped wooden vat, it was then pressed and run by gravity into old demi-muid barrels to rest for 18 months before bottling with no additions. The longer ageing of this vintage before bottling smooths out some of the rusticity of more recent iterations, with a silken texture sitting above boldly structured tannic framework.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpressively vital and alive, with aromas a little like putting your nose in a pouch of rolling tobacco, the black cherry fruits are beautifully deep and have that bitter note of cacao underneath it all. There is a rough-hewn beauty to this memorable wine - imperfect but all the better for it. We can't wait to watch it develop over time.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55003058471294,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN_FRANC_MAG_22","price":78.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Le_Franc_Magnum.jpg?v=1739370738"},{"product_id":"olivier-cousin-epingles-qvevri","title":"Qvevri 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eOlivier's experiment with taking a selection of Cabernet Franc from his older vines to fill a single Georgian qvevri that is buried out in the soils of the vineyard. Harnessing the heat from the earth, this is enough for its fermentation to begin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 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. The clay vessel has filed down the tannins, leaving a fine-grained texture that carries the nimble, raspberry liquorice fruits into long, salivating acids. A little nervy and a little wild, but above all a real thrill to drink.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Olivier Cousin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55003063746942,"sku":"WAY-COUSIN-KVEVRI-23","price":34.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Olivier_Cousin_Qvevri.jpg?v=1739370634"},{"product_id":"hubert-et-heidi-hausherr-rouge-chamade","title":"Rouge Chamade 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eFantastically pure single-vineyard Pinot Noir that is bottled each year under a different name. Reflecting the burst of sun that came just before the 2023 harvest, Chamade binds pretty red fruits, perfume and spice with a sumptuous ripeness and underlying muscularity. Growing over cooling limestone marl helped to preserve the acid core of the wine and there are fragrant, aromatic elements floating above deep red and black fruits.  A beautifully expressive wine that shows both power and freshness and reflects one of the many unique terroirs of the region.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe grapes went through carbonic maceration as whole bunches and one month later the juice was then pressed into old barrels to complete fermentation and rest for a year before bottling with no additions at all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hubert \u0026 Heidi Hausherr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55210772791678,"sku":"WAYWARD-HAUSHERR-CHAMADE","price":43.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/hUbert_and_Heidi_Hausherr_Rouge_Chamade_2023.jpg?v=1741177174"},{"product_id":"la-tangente-experience-red","title":"La Tangente 'Expérience' 2021","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA one-off cuvée from the cellar that harks back to the more structured style of their earlier reds. A mix of grapes from two regions, it blends Cinsault from the Gard with Gamay from Beaujolais. Both were co-fermented, macerated together as whole bunches for ten days before being transferred to a mixture of clay amphora and old oak foudre barrel to rest for 8 months. The wine was then bottled with no additions and has been rested in the cellar for three years before release.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eWith a bit of time to age, the dusty perfume of the wine has developed into something akin to a savoury Jura Pinot, intense with liquorice, allspice and earthy tones. The granitic Gamay contribues a sanguine, iron-rich quality, and a bright crackle of acidity cuts the plum and black cherry fruits. Everything hangs together in a delicate balance - this is a wine best enjoyed with friends in a single sitting.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia \u0026 Rémi Bonneton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55406427603326,"sku":"WAY-BON-EXP-RED-21","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Patricia_and_Remi_Bonneton_Experience_Dark.jpg?v=1745525529"},{"product_id":"la-tangente-petit-prince","title":"La Tangente 'Petit Prince' 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNever ones to stop experimenting, Petit Prince is a stunning new La Tangente cuvée that pushes the idea of multiple terroirs further, here taking grapes from the Gard, Vaucluse and the southern Ardèche and bringing them together to combine their delicate infusion style with the structure of whole-bunch.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCinsault \u0026amp; Carignan see the latter treatment, macerated for ten days and then blended into a separate vinification where an uncommon combination of Grenache, Syrah and Tempranillo has been gently extracted by dropping a selection of complete bunches into their directly-pressed juice. After 7 months together in steel tank it was then moved to and old foudre barrel for 10 months before bottling with no additions.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis complex blend of grapes and processes shines through in the finished wine and its multi-layered detail. 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. An initial fresh crunch, leads into riper, raisined notes then the tertiary notes of the barrel follow, in three distinct phases. An accomplished exercise that whilst drinking well now will only improve the longer it is laid down.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia \u0026 Rémi Bonneton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55406474330494,"sku":"WAY-BON-PETIT-PRINCE-23","price":34.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Patricia_and_Remi_Bonneton_Petit_Prince.jpg?v=1745525282"},{"product_id":"mas-de-lescarida-sota-mon-soleu","title":"Sota Mon Soleu 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eDark fruited Merlot from 50-year-old vines situated some 500m above sea level (some of the highest vines in the Ardèche) on the edge of the wild and mountainous Cevennes forest. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eSota Mon Soleu (Under my Sun) is a beautifully pure expression of Merlot which balances lush ripe fruit with just a touch of spice against silky tannins and fresh streak of acidity. The 2023 vintage was warm, much like 2022 but with more rain just before harvest, providing some much-needed balance to the wines. As Laurent says 'it's a bottle of sunshine!'. Fantastic value to be found here.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mas de l’Escarida","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55433320399230,"sku":"WRIGHTS-ESCARIDA-SOLEU-23","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MasDel_Escarida_SotaMonSoleu_2023.jpg?v=1747230783"},{"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":"les-couilles-danes-2022-new-vintage-needs-listing","title":"Les Couilles d'Anes 2022","description":"\u003cp\u003eMikaël's smallest cuvée of which only around 1000 or so bottles are made each year, depending on the yield of the vintage. 100% Côt from 35 year-old vines in a small parcel of silex and clay at around one third of a hectare. These flinty soils are also dotted with unusual black stones, the eponymous and charmingly-named \u003cem\u003e'Couilles d'Anes' \u003c\/em\u003e- donkey balls, as the local vigneron colloquially refer to them. No-one can really explain their presence, but it is most likely an ancient alluvial spread from the historic path of the river Cher.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes are destemmed, foot-crushed and then macerate for 10 days before being pressed off to old 500-litre barrels to rest for 18 months, with a further 6 months in tank,  before bottling. A comforting aromatic vintage, all vivid, violet, dark bramble fruits in the glass. On the palate the wine brims with energy and life showing inky, black-forest-gateau fruit, wonderful spice and well balanced, integrated tanins melding with sweet leather. Every vintage of this wine appears to be getting better! \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikaël Bouges","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55530536763774,"sku":"WAY-BOUG-COUILLES-22","price":29.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Mikael_Bouges_Les_Couilles_d_Anes_2022.jpg?v=1747757817"},{"product_id":"mikael-bouges-french-claret","title":"French Claret 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eA light-footed new counterpart to Mikaël's crowd-pleasing \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/waywardwines.co.uk\/products\/mikael-bouges-french-clara\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFrench Clara\u003c\/a\u003e, and much like that wine, it is incredibly easy get on with - perfect fare for the table or a bottle to open when nothing too demanding is required. It's from a young vineyard, certainly one to watch as it grows in age for is made from massale selection vines that originate from the fabled Clos Roche Blanche, once the home of Noëlla Morantin, now in the hands of Laurent Saillard and Julien Pineau. But for now, the wine it is yielding is youthful, fresh and for early drinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e100% \u003cspan\u003eCôt with some fresh forest berries and iodine minerality. The grapes were de-stemmed and given a short maceration of just 3 days, then raised in steel for 6 months before bottling with no additions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSmooth and soft, it's brisk on the palate and keeps you coming back for more - best served with a light chill.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mikaël Bouges","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55562049225086,"sku":"WAY-BOUGES-CLARET","price":19.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Mikael_Bouges_French_Claret.jpg?v=1761321797"},{"product_id":"imanol-garay-clandestinus","title":"Clandestinus 2022","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFrance and Spain meet in this unique blend of Grenache Noir and Graciano harvested from vines just outside of Estella in Navarra, planted on clay soils. The fruit saw 3 weeks of maceration with élevage for one year in a mix of large and small old barrels. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eA deep and finely structured wine that offers a refined take on the region through Imanol’s unique lens. Spicy with notes of cracked black pepper and salt sitting against blackberries and a touch of liquorice. The perfect accompaniment to Spanish tapas.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eOriginally from San Sebastián, Imanol Garay’s project draws on inspiration from his experiences across the Pyrénées. He works from his cellar in Maslacq, about an hour inland from Biarritz and also has a separate cellar Spain’s Txakoli region. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 150%; mso-layout-grid-align: none; text-autospace: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFruit for his wines in sourced from both France and Spain, where he is able to purchase fruit from likeminded growers whilst also working with his own tiny plots of vines dotted about the outer limits of the Irouléguy appellation and Orthez region. It’s a truly unique approach that bends the tropes of regional expectations. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Imanol Garay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55587860808062,"sku":"DNR-BEATTIE-IMANOL-CLANDESTINUS","price":30.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ImanolGaray_Clandestinus_2022.jpg?v=1752226004"},{"product_id":"val-de-combres-oxymore","title":"Oxymore NV","description":"\u003cp\u003eHuge solera-style red that blends 6 different vintages of Grenache and Syrah in old barrels, making for the most muscular, powerfully-structured and complex wine we have tried from this grower. Going back as far as 2018, it shows an interesting mix of developed notes from age, with the fruit-driven character of the more youthful wine from recent years - such is the intrigue of this type of assemblage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eImpactful and intense, the dark fruits have a baked quality, infused with woody notes of cedar and musky sweet leather. The body is unabashedly full, heady with charry smoke and spice. At first smooth and supple, a substantial whack of tannin gains momentum and takes hold long into the finish. A wine for the darkest depths of winter, a bottle that cannot fail to warm the soul. To drink now or to lay down for the long haul.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Val de Combrès","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55597203358078,"sku":"WAY-VDC-OXYMORE","price":41.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Val_de_Combres_Oxymore.jpg?v=1757669517"},{"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":"pierre-borel-brindezingue-2023","title":"Brindezingue 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnother easy take on Cabernet Franc from Pierre, this time geared up for knocking back at the bistro table. On the nose it screams the varietal: the distinctive charred green capsicum aromatics are high in the mix, with black cherry, blackcurrant and some savoury depth. On the palate the wine remains light, brisk and incredibly easy to get along with. File under everyday drinking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt's a fully de-stemmed, ten day maceration of grapes from vines in a plot that Pierre rents outside of his own beautiful walled garden in the village. Most of the wine is aged in tank, with 30% in old barrels for 9 months before bottling.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pierre Borel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55714421703038,"sku":"WAY-BOREL-BRINDEZ-23","price":19.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Pierre_Borel_Brindezingue.jpg?v=1750154308"},{"product_id":"chai-volant-cary-cary","title":"Carry Carry 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eFatim's entry-point red, conversely coming from some of her oldest vines of Carignan at 80 years of age. Less finessed and more raw than her other wines, this is true \u003cem\u003evin de table \u003c\/em\u003ein\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003ea more edgy, 'rock n' roll' style - rustic, sanguine juice to quench a thirst. It packs an explosion of fresh, brambly fruits on opening, that on the palate take on that bloody quality of iron-rich minerals, mixed with that game-y, earthy funk that Carignan can sometimes exhibit. Served with a little chill this is one of those nourishing bottles that provides a lot of joy at the dinner table with friends.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter harvest the bunches were split, half pressed directly and half de-stemmed and carbonically macerated for one week before being pressed into steel to rest for one year before bottling with no additions. On the wilder side, this is a bottle we recommend drinking within 3-4hrs of the cork being pulled.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Chai Volant","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55728311828862,"sku":"WAY-CHAI-CARY-23","price":21.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Chai_Volant_Cary_Cary.jpg?v=1750154557"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-paulou-2024","title":"Cuvée Paulou 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second vintage of the Oustric’s latest cuvée to the ranks, which is sure to delight just as much as it did upon its debut. From vines much younger than the other long-established reds of the domaine, it is a recent planting of Cinsault that transmits vigour and youthful energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePut through the usual carbo treatment for 10 days as whole bunches, it shows an attractive vivid ruby in the glass and aromas give off those dusty dry spices so typical of the grape. Crackling with a bright, nervy energy, the fruits have a pleasing balance of tart raspberry and plum. There is something iron-rich and bloody at its core and the mineral imprint of the limestone can be felt distinctly in the finish. Reflecting a cooler vintage, a lower finished alcohol keeps things incredibly breezy and bright. A wine we would happily drink forevermore...\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55756109185406,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-PAULOU-24","price":22.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Le_Mazel_Cuvee_Paulou.jpg?v=1750851041"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-raoul-2002","title":"Cuvée Raoul 2002","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn utterly thrilling wine and the epitome of the beguiling, almost unfathomable potential that these humble-in-youth wines have to age. 100% Carignan, now with over two decades in the bottle, it has slowly transformed into something quite astonishing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA good friend of ours once remarked \"It's like Mazel wines are meant to be old\" - it makes a lot of sense when you get the chance to see how they evolve. There's something about the way the generous, youthful fruitiness falls away to reveal an impressively chiselled framework that has formed under the surface. And whilst certain Mazel vintages can be a little wild and unruly in their early years, this is giving nothing short of classic, old school Rhône.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWines from this era still began as whole bunch carbonic, but after fermentation were aged for two years in old oak, something the Oustrics do not do these days. Absolutely no additions at any stage, as always. The way the barrel notes now fully mesh with the developed qualities of the wine is pure harmony. A keen wire of acid cuts it all through, providing all the signs the contents of this bottle are still well and truly alive. A revelation!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55756115345790,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-RAOUL-2002","price":79.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelRaouljuly24.jpg?v=1720088910"},{"product_id":"ca-se-discute-2024","title":"Ça Se Discute 2024","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eÇa Se Discute, a prime red chiller arriving just in time for the sunshine. Made using two different varieties of Pineau d'Aunis, regular Aunis and Aunis Tenturier, bought in from outside of Laurent's Clos Roche Blanche domaine. The grapes here coming from Domaine de Cambalu in neigbouring Francueil- just 15 minutes from Laurent.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"mso-margin-top-alt: auto; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;\"\u003eFor the 2024 iteration of this cuvée Laurent de-stemmed the fruit as usual and aged in fibreglass tank keep the fruit impeccably fresh. The wine is vibrant and bright and feels featherweight on the palate, clocking in at just 10.5%. Alongside beautiful aromatics you’ll find plenty of little red fruits intertwined with just a hint of those cracked white peppercorn notes we love from this varietal.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laurent Saillard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55901361930622,"sku":"WRI-SAILL-DISCUTE-24","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/CaSeDiscute2023.jpg?v=1714205045"},{"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. Racked with the turn of the moon, it was bottled in March 2025.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elisa Guerin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55919450489214,"sku":"WAY-GUERIN-BEAUJ-VILLAGES-24","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/ElisaGuerinBeaujolaisVillages2024.jpg?v=1755774962"},{"product_id":"elisa-guerin-les-thorins-moulin-a-vent-2023","title":"Moulin-à-Vent 'Les Thorins' 2023","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe darkest, most brooding and structured of Elisa's cuvées, introducing elements of barrel ageing. '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":"abracadabra-hot-girls-3","title":"Hot Girls 3 2023","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eABRACADABRA, the négoce project of Hannah Fuellenkemper. The project is a real labour of love, we highly recommend following Hannah's \u003ca href=\"http:\/\/www.hannahfk.com\/2025\/\" title=\"blog\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eblog\u003c\/a\u003e which offers a refreshingly candid perspective on the highs and lows of making wine.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eA juicy, energetic red\/white blend that falls somewhere in-between the deep rosé and red wine world. Expect ripe, sun-kissed fruit with a touch of salinity and a rich tropical finish. One to chill down and enjoy with abandon! Each bottle is hand painted by Hannah herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eA \u003cspan\u003emoreish\u003c\/span\u003e blend of both direct-pressed and macerated red and white grapes from different growers that Hannah worked with at one point or another. 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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. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe grapes went through carbonic maceration as whole bunches and were pressed off after four days to mature in steel tanks for ten months before bottling with no additions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Vrille et le Papillon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295201440126,"sku":"WAY-VRILLE-TRIBU-24","price":23.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/products\/LAVRILLEETLEPAPILLONLATRIBU13.5_2020ED.jpg?v=1658591046"},{"product_id":"la-vrille-et-le-papillon-silene","title":"Silène 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eAnother delightful new experimental La Vrille cuvée that is sure to pique the interest of those who fell for the bright, juicy charms of Canon d'Achille. Similarly, this is a fluid, weightless red that ripples with pure fruit and works best served from the ice bucket. A blend of Grenache and Syrah, it is big on the red fruits - fresh cherries as well as that soapy, confected quality of sweet shop cherry lips. As the flora-referencing name suggests, there is a lift of violet perfume as its shy aromatics open up.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMade in the infusion style, where de-stemmed berries of Grenache are dropped into the juice of directly-pressed Syrah to ferment, burst and steep over the course of a few days, before pressing off to rest in fibreglass vats for 7 months. The structure of the wine is dialed right back, making for lip-smacking easy drinking. A fantastic chillable red that delivers so much at the price, and opens well to pour over a couple of days too.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"La Vrille et le Papillon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295248626046,"sku":"WAY-VRILLE-SILENE-24","price":19.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/La_Vrille_et_le_Papillon_Silene_2024.jpg?v=1759142214"},{"product_id":"le-mazel-cuvee-raoul-2024","title":"Cuvée Raoul 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003eVivid ruby Carignan and another delightfully bright, luminous vintage, already drinking superbly in its youth. Fruit is freshly crushed black and red cherry with a herbal lilt of wild fennel garrigue and light balsamic twang, towards a lovely sense of limestone minerals in the finish. Of all the Mazel cuvées, Raoul feels to shift in appearance more noticeably from year to year - 2024 is what we'd describe as a classic vintage; dry, fruit-driven and with an unmistakable energy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom 50 year-old vines planted over limestone and clay, the grapes undergo a ten-day carbonic maceration before being slowly pressed into steel to rest until the following spring before bottling with no additions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Le Mazel","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56295302463870,"sku":"WAY-MAZ-RAOUL-24","price":23.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/MazelRaouljuly24.jpg?v=1720088910"},{"product_id":"mataburro-iodine","title":"Idoine 2024","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe latest from \u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003eMataburro! Bright, crunchy Merlot from vines planted by Laurent father over clay and limestone in Rivesaltes. Juicy and ripe with pretty aromatics soaring over concentrated, ripe black cherries and fresh fruit - ‘it’s our Gamay’ according to Laurent. One to try chilled.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eThe grapes undergo a two-day infusion before aging in a mixture of concrete tank and wood, emphasising freshness and fruit with just a touch of spice in the background. \u003cspan style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eA wine which shows just how vibrant and dynamic Merlot can be when placed in the right hands.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eThe impact of drought over the last few years in the region has been significant, resulting in a huge drop in yields and even loss of some older vines. Despite this, it's thanks to tireless work, meticulous \u0026amp; thoughtful pruning and strong focus on soil health that the duo have been able to harvest beautiful fruit and achieve healthy fermentations in 2024. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mataburro","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56337084154238,"sku":"UTB-MATABURRO-IODINE","price":29.75,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0605\/8259\/2742\/files\/Mataburro_Iodine_2024.jpg?v=1762447336"}],"url":"https:\/\/waywardwines.co.uk\/collections\/french-red-wine\/grape-pineau-daunis+style-drink-young+region-loire.oembed","provider":"Wayward Wines","version":"1.0","type":"link"}