Vegan Wine Grape|Macabeo | Wayward Wines

Grape – Macabeo

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.

Celler Tuets
Tot Rosat 2022

Our new favourite park wine - it's hard to think of a more immediately satisfying, tasty wine to drink sat on some grass in the sun. Also a great introduction to this producer as it blends together all their grapes from all their plots, snapshot style. Fruity, herbaceous, spicy and vegetal - just delicious. Find out more.

  • Region Aiguamúrcia, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Parellada, Macabeo, Garnatxa Blanca, Chenin Blanc, Muscat d’Alexandrie, Tempranillo & Syrah
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£21.50

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Partida Creus
BN Blanco Natural 2021

Briny, rough-and-most-definitely-ready white for those who like things on the raw side. There's a piquancy to get your mouth watering and a peppery freshness that lingers on the tongue. Find out more.

  • Region Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Macabeo & Cartoixa Vermell
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£22

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Recaredo
'Terrers' Brut Nature Corpinnat 2019

Simply put, this is top-end Cava at its finest. Recaredo have a reputation for taking their time with each bottle, and the results of the lengthy ageing yield incredible results. Needlepoint mousse, high-definition fruit and layers of brioche-like complexity. Find out more.

  • Region Alt Penedés, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo, Macabeu & Parellada
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, refermented in bottle & disgorged by hand, light filtration, unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£35.50

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Tutti Frutti Ananas
Toranja 2022

A wine of real refreshment and minerality, a little reduced on opening, it carries a gentle spritz alongside a combination of minerals, lemons, sea salt and grapefruit! Find out more.

  • Region Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France
  • Grapes Grenache Gris & Macabeo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£27.50

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Jordi Llorens
Blan d'Anzera 2021

Briny, prickly, textured Catalan white. Mainly Spanish staple Macabeo with an aromatic lift of Moscatel. Raised in amphora, it has a lovely fine-grained mouthfeel. Find out more.

  • Region Conca de Barberà, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Macabeo & Moscatel
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.25

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Joan Rubió/Tiques
Nituix 2018

As with all of Joan’s wines, the whole bunches are destemmed and the grapes macerated for around one week. Joan doesn’t ever press, and therefore loses a big amount of his yield but he prefers this more soft and gentle juice. Find out more.

  • Region Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo & Macabeu
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£26.50

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Hors Champ
La Femme Soleil 2022

A fleshy yet fresh white that comes together with citrus, white fruit and aniseed spice combining to beautiful effect. Beautifully balanced, combining density of fruit with a mouth-watering mineral freshness. Find out more.

  • Region Roussillon, France
  • Grapes Grenache Gris & Macabeo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£29.75

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