Rare Bottles Region|Ardèche | Wayward Wines
Rare Bottles

Region – Ardèche

Small scale producers with low yields and those sought after bottles with a cult following make some wines hard to come by. Here you'll find those that we've manged to bag tiny allocations of.

Le Mazel
Cuvée Larmande 2011

Those 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. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Syrah
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£42

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Le Mazel
Cuvée Raoul 2002

An 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. Find out more.

  • Region Valvignères, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Carignan
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£79

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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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Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
L'Alezan 'Suspens' 2022

Patricia & Remi's domaine white is a distinctly Northern Rhône affair; an equal blend of Marsanne & Roussanne from a single tiny plot, sitting a stone's throw from the river bend where the storied appellations of the region converge. Find out more.

  • Region Étables, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Marsanne & Roussanne
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£46

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Daniel Sage & Jordi Torgue
Prospérité de l'Entreprise 2022

Beautifully plump cherry fruit, flowers, anise and a touch of spice, rustic yet soft tannins. Structured, with iron-like minerality and mouth-watering acidity. Find out more.

  • Region St-Saveur-en-Rue, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Merlot & Carignan
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£45

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Petite Nature
Sorcières 2024

Aromatically it is pure Syrah – briny black olive tapenade, peppery blackcurrant fruit – but on the palate the Viognier reveals itself in the more unexpected sensation of citrus peel, fennel, green olive and brings a silky fluidity. It is the harmony found between these two opposing dynamics in which the wine succeeds. Find out more.

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

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Petite Nature
Tombée du Ciel 2024

One of Paulette’s domaine wines, from a small parcel of 50 year-old Gamay, planted over sandy decomposed granite and quartz at around 500 meters in the hills outside Annonay. This is in many ways her signature cuvée, and offers a beautiful expression of the extreme north of the Ardèche. Find out more.

  • Region Quintenas, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£43

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