Vegan Wine Colour|Red, Style|Full + Robust, Price|£40-£50 | Wayward Wines

Colour – Red

Most conventional wine makers will use animal products for fining their wine, such as egg white or casein. Fining being the process of removing the fine particulate matter after the fermentation process such as yeast cells and proteins, to make the wine crystal clear.

Natural wine makers on the other hand eschew intervention and strive for as little manipulation in the wine making process as possible. They will therefore avoid filtration and fining and with it the need for any animal products, resulting in vegan friendly wines.

Therefore you will often find natural wines have a noticeable amount of sediment in the bottle, or appear hazy or cloudy. Natural winemakers tend to use the process of racking as the sole method of removing as much of the sediment from fermentation as possible. The wine will be allowed to settle in its fermentation vessel so as much sediment as possible settles at the bottom. The resulting clearer wine is then pumped to a new vessel with the sediment left behind.

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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Cantina Giardino
Clown Oenologue 2019

This remarkable expression of Aglianico comes from a selection of their best fruit. The result is an Aglianico of uncommon perfume, delicacy and finesse that even in the context of this producer, stands out as thrillingly unique. Find out more.

  • Region Irpinia, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Aglianico
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£49

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Hubert & Heidi Hausherr
Rouge Chamade 2023

Chamade binds pretty red fruits, perfume and spice with a sumptuous ripeness and underlying muscularity. Find out more.

  • Region Eguisheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Pinot Noir
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£43

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Marzagana Elementales
Cielo y Tierra 2022

A rare planting makes for a unique expression of Syrah, it's potential to display dark, charry fruit here feels enhanced with the volcanic influence. A wide-open perfume floats above a slick, glossy body that is dense with juicy black olives and blackcurrant. Less granular in texture than the other wines using indigenous grapes, it shimmers long into the profoundly mineral finish. Find out more.

  • Region Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
  • Grapes Syrah
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41

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Val de Combrès
Oxymore NV

Huge 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. Find out more.

  • Region Luberon, Southern Rhône, France
  • Grapes Grenache & Syrah
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41

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