French Red Wine (Vin Rouge) Style|Full + Robust | Wayward Wines

Style – Full + Robust

Estézargues
Cuvée des Galets 2022

A go-to table red and mainstay on the Wayward shelves. All-organic co-operative wine from the Estézargues collective. spicy aromas and lots of juicy red fruit. Find out more.

  • Region Coteaux du Pont du Gard, Rhône, France
  • Grapes Syrah & Grenache
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£13.50

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Elisa Guerin
'La Vigne de Mon Pere' Moulin-à-Vent 2022

A wonderful example of what this cru can offer. Often making some of the more structured, ageworthy Beaujolais, here a balance of muscularity and elegance is on display. A wide-open aromatic profile leads to dark, inky fruits with an almost Burgundian character. Find out more.

  • Region Chénas, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic (in conversion)
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£30

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Domaine Albert de Conti
La Vigne d'Albert 2023

Dark-fruited Bergerac Rouge, offering bags of value for those seeking a fuller-bodied everyday red. Ripe plums and spice and all things nice. Find out more.

  • Region Bergerac, South West France
  • Grapes Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Malbec, Fer, Perigord & Abouriou
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£18.75

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La Vrille et le Papillon
Novemberlot NV

With a little more structure than some of their other reds, it is nonetheless ripe with trademark deep black fruits, herbs and spices. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Merlot, Viognier & Ugni Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£22

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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Mas Coutelou
Classe 2021

At the fresher end of the Syrah-spectrum, with plenty of opulent, lip-smacking fruit. Lots of dusty blackcurrant on the nose, then glossy and vibrant in the glass. Generous and toothsome, propped up by a solid tannic backbone. Find out more.

  • Region Puimisson, Languedoc, France
  • Grapes Syrah, Grenache & Carignan
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25

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Le Champ d'Orphée
Côtes du Tarn 2018

A red wine well-suited to the climes of autumn and winter - the fruit is smooth, deep and full of red & black berries and fig. Find out more.

  • Region Tarn, France
  • Grapes Fer Servadou
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£25

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Elisa Guerin
'Les Thorins' Moulin-à-Vent 2022

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
£32.75

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Olivier Cousin
Le Franc 2022 MAGNUM

From Olivier's prized old vines of massale selection Cabernet Franc, grafted by his grandfather in the late 40s. We're happy to offer a little from the 2022 vintage, in magnum. Find out more.

  • Region Anjou, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£72

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Olivier Cousin
Le Franc 2023

From Olivier's prized old vines of massale selection Cabernet Franc, grafted by his grandfather in the late 40s. Impressively vital and alive, we can't wait to watch it develop over time. Find out more.

  • Region Anjou, Loire, France
  • Grapes Cabernet Franc
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£36

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Olivier Cousin
Pur Breton 2023

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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