Orange Wine Country|France | Wayward Wines

Country – France

‘What is orange natural wine?’ - the question we are asked most frequently on an average day at Wayward. Named for its colour, natural orange wine is made using white grapes, but vinified as one would a red. That means the skins stay on through the process, often the stalks and stems too, bleeding pigment into the wine and producing all manner of deep golden, amber, ochre hues in the glass.

This creates tannic structure too - which makes them more complex than your everyday white wine and coupled with their lifted aromatics you are in sensory overload territory. 

Domaine Rietsch
Coquette 2023

Brimming with cherry, wild strawberry, violet, pithy citrus, a nice twist of spice and a livewire acidity throughout - a truly joyful natural wine., Find out more.

  • Region Mittelbergheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir, Gewurtztraminer & Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£29

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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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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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11.6%

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

Jean-Marc Dreyer
'Origin' Gewürztraminer Macération 2022

Here the aromas are humid and exotic, perhaps akin to stumbling around a botanical garden after a couple of drinks. Find out more.

  • Region Rosheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Gewürztraminer
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£36.50

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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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Christophe Lindenlaub
Le White Kiki 2023

A moreish blend of Gewürztraminer and Riesling an inviting outsized litre-bottle format. Aromatic and textured with plenty of palate cleansing acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Dorlisheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Gewürztraminer and Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£33

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Thomas Jacquin
Fromenteau 2020

Fantastically complex with yellow citrus, nutty spice and minerals aplenty, just the right amount of grip that indicates it will evolve beautifully over time. Find out more.

  • Region Cramans, Jura, France
  • Grapes Savagnin
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£55

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Patrick Bouju & Justine Loiseau
Ergastoline 2020

Ripe and exotic on the nose, with dry tea-like tannins. Incredibly delicate, alluring and one of Bouju's harder to track down cuvées. Find out more.

  • Region St Georges Sur Allier, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Bergeron
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£63

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Le Chai Volant
Lèvre Voile 2024

A deep, sandy amber in the glass, this impressive maceration of Grenache, both Blanc and Gris, hits a perfect balance of structure, power and freshness. Apricot stone fruits, twinged with turmeric and ginger are heightened with a touch of volatile. Find out more.

  • Region Aspres, Roussillon, France
  • Grapes Grenache Blanc & Grenache Gris
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29.50

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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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Yannick Meckert
Cris et Chuchotements 2023

A compact, elegant and deeply savoury macerated Pinot Gris with moreish notes of red cherry and blood orange taking centre stage before a long, salty finish. Gleaming ruby in the glass, this category defying wine falls somewhere in-between the orange and rosé wine world thanks maceration on the grapes pinkish-grey skins. Find out more.

  • Region Rosheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot Gris
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£43

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Petite Nature
L'Amour a la Plage 2023

Golden amber in colour, with tannins that are chalky, dialled-back, yet deeply integrated. Citrus oils, ripe peach, salty apricot and sweet almond meld harmoniously with herbal aromatics and a distinctive tea-like quality. Find out more.

  • Region Quintenas, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Viognier & Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41.50

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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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Le Chai Volant
Par Faim' Florale 2022

A powerful expression of Muscat d’Alexandrie that builds itself on the scorching heat of the 2022 vintage. An aromatic grape, here the developed level of ripeness takes things in a different, more serious direction, with spicy aromas of cracked white peppercorn, aniseed and bitter citrus peel. Find out more.

  • Region Aspres, Roussillon, France
  • Grapes Muscat d’Alexandrie
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£27.50

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Thomas Jacquin
Fromenteau 2020 MAGNUM

Fantastically complex with yellow citrus, nutty spice and minerals, with just the right amount of grip that indicates it will evolve beautifully over time. Find out more.

  • Region Cramans, Jura, France
  • Grapes Savagnin
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£115

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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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