French Red Wine (Vin Rouge) Style|Classical | Wayward Wines

Style – Classical

Chateau Barouillet
Bergecrac Rouge 2024

An Ideal all-rounder. Each grape shows off their character in good balance; savoury Malbec, herbaceous Cab Franc, red-fruited Merlot and plummy, spicy Cab Sauv. Find out more.

  • Region Bergerac, Southwest France
  • Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Malbec, Per Servadou, Merille
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£19.75

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Pierre Borel
'Clos de Pavée' Bourgueil 2021

A fresh, young-vine Bourgueil with plenty of bright red cherry fruit, herbaceous capsicum aromas and dark chocolate bitters in the finish. Plush, bright and an incredibly versatile wine for the table. Find out more.

  • Region Bourgueil, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£24.50

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Elisa Guerin
Beaujolais-Villages 2024

A 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. Find out more.

  • Region Chénas, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£23.75

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Elisa Guerin
Chiroubles 2022

An impressive example of this elevated cru. The texture of the wine is beautifully soft and silky, with integrated, lightly gripping tannic structure. An elegant Beaujolais that bears the complexity of its old-vine origin. Find out more.

  • Region Chénas, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic (in conversion)
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£36

Aurélien & Charlotte Houillon
'Indigo' Côtes-du-Rhône 2020

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 Find out more.

  • Region Vaucluse, Côtes-du-Rhône, France
  • Grapes Syrah & Grenache
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£49

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Domaine Albert de Conti
La Vigne D'Albert 2023

Often our go-to pick for an every-day, fuller bodied red., think red and black cherries, blackberries, ripe plums and a touch of herbaceous spice. Find out more.

  • Region Bergerac, South West France
  • Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Périgord & Abouriou
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, minimal filtration, unfined, no added sulphites
£18.75

Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
L'Alezan 'Resilience' 2022

Muscular Northern Rhône-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 Rhône’s western tributaries. Find out more.

  • Region Étables, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Sérine & Syrah
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£55

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Elisa Guerin
Moulin-à-Vent 'Champ de Cour' 2023

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 Find out more.

  • Region Beaujolais
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£43

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Elisa Guerin
Moulin-à-Vent 'Les Thorins' 2023

The darker, more brooding and structured side of Elisa's two Moulin-à-Vent cuvées; this is the only of her wines that sees any time in barrel. Robust and ageworthy, with an iron-rich mineral streak imparted by the gorrha soils that define this single 1.5-hectare plot. Find out more.

  • Region Beaujolais
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£33.50

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La Vrille et le Papillon
T'Attends Tonton? 2016

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

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Frédéric Cossard
Morey-Saint-Denis 1er Cru 'Les Monts Luisants' 2020

Another stunning Cossard 1er Cru, made with the rare Pinot Fin grape from a small parcel next to the fabled Clos de la Roche Grand Cru. Serious red Burgundy. Find out more.

  • Region Saint-Romain, Burgundy, France
  • Grapes Pinot Fin
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£120

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Elisa Guerin
Beaujolais Villages 2024 MAGNUM

A 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. Find out more.

  • Region Chénas, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£51

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Domaine des Trouillères
Bouche à Z'Oreille 2022

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. Find out more.

  • Region Les Martres-de-Veyre, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£29.50

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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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Noëlla Morantin
Côt à Côt 2021

This is a spicy, sanguine wine - bloody and iron-rich, full of nimble, freshly-picked bramble fruits, white pepper and petrichor minerality. An ideal bottle to reach for on cool autumn and winter nights. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Côt
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£26

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Mikaël Bouges
Les Couilles d'Anes 2022

A serious wine with a silly name - Couilles d'Anes translates as 'donkey balls', a colloquial term coined by the local vigneron to describe the unusual black stones that can be found dotting the vineyard soils in certain locations. A delightfully aromatic vintage, bright cherry and bramble fruits meld with a violet perfume in the glass. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Côt
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£29

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La Grange Du Nord
Mitan 2021

The 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. Giving 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. Find out more.

  • Region Gard, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Grenache, Carignan & Cinsault
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no minimal sulphites
£28

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