Grape – Sauvignon Blanc

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.

Staffelter Hof
Little Bastard 2021

Mosel Riesling, but not as you know it. Blended with Sauvignon Blanc, Muller Thurgau and Muscat, the wine is cloudy and has a refreshing spritz. It's zippy, fresh and funky new-school Deutschland that pushes against against the strict rules of the Prädikat System. Find out more.

  • Region Kröv, Mosel, Germany
  • Grapes Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Muller Thurgau & Muscat
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.50

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Chateau Barouillet
Bergecrac Blanc Sec 2022

Cracking value Bergerac Blanc cuvée equally blending four different white grapes that are expressed in a distinctly Southern style. Do not expect green cut grass from the Sauvignon, this is altogether riper, textured and savoury territory. Find out more.

  • Region Bergerac, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc, Sauvignon Gris, Sémillon, Chenin Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£18.50

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Domaine Albert de Conti
Pétillant Naturel 2022

Deliciously ripe, fruity and fresh pet-nat made of 80% Sauvignon Blanc and 20% Sémillon. A bottle to crack open on those those sunny afternoons, filled with zesty citrus, green apples and ripe pears. Find out more.

  • Region Bergerac, South West France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc & Sémillon
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, minimal filtration, unfined, no added sulphites
£18.25

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L'Arbre Blanc
Les Fesses 2019

L'Arbre Blanc’s intriguing blend of Pinot Gris & Sauvignon Blanc from the iron-rich volcanic soils of the Auvergne. lifted aromatics of peaches and spice with a crackle of volcanic minerality, then such a pure palate, gripping tannic elements, dried fruits, quince and some creamy malolactic notes. Heavenly! Find out more.

  • Region Saint-Sandoux, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Pinot Gris & Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£48

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Laurent Saillard
Lucky You! 2023

Lucky You is a blend of around 2/3 Sauvignon blanc with 1/3 Chardonnay. The two grapes work together effortlessly, the Sauvignon Blanc bringing beautiful bright fruits while the Chardonnay adds minerality and soft creamy texture. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£28.50

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Mikaël Bouges
French Clara 2023

Less steely and with softer edges than his more classical staple 'La Pente de Chavigny', this feels open and expressive, but never anything other than laser-beam linear. Juicy green apple, elderflower and ripe pear come together in a salivating meld, with a line of raw lemon citrus cutting it all through - without intervention, none of Mikaël’s whites complete malolactic, giving the wine some good vibrancy and edge. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£22

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Mas de l’Escarida
Fresiment 2023

The 2023 vintage is beautifully balanced with vivid fruit sitting alongside mouth-coating texture. And as the name loosely suggests, plenty of mouthwatering refreshment. Find out more.

  • Region Cubagnac, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£24.95

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La Lunotte
Rossignoux 2020

Christophe Foucher makes atypical Sauvignon Blanc. This cuvée is vinified only in tank, stripping it of the idiosyncratic oxidate notes that often characterise Foucher's wine in favour of something more linear and fresh. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.75

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Sylvian Bock
Trou Blanc 2023

A charming and easy drinking cuvée from Sylvian Bock, balancing a crisp minerality with a pronounced tropical fruit note. This is a bottle which is primed and ready to be your next aperitif. Find out more.

  • Region Alba-la-Romaine, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay & Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.50

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Mikaël Bouges
La Pente De Chavigny 2023

The 2023 vintage marks a return to the style of his 2021 vintage, more rounded than the lean 2022, with pear drops and zippy citrus by the mouthful. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£21.50

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L'Arbre Blanc
Ma Carotte 2020

Sauvignon Blanc from a tiny half hectare of vines, planted in 2010 on the typical iron-rich volcanic soils of the Auvergne. The grapes are direct pressed into 1000lt stoneware jars where they spend time on the lees. Find out more.

  • Region Saint-Sandoux, Auvergne, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£67

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Sam Vinciullo
Red/White 2019

Highly unconventional Margaret River stylings here with this descriptively-named red and white mix of Sauvignon Blanc with Shiraz. In light, chillable red territory, here the red coulis fruits are elevated with herbaceous vim. Incomparable and all the better for it - if it tastes this good, why not? Find out more.

  • Region Cowaramup, Margaret River, Australia
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc & Shiraz
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£34.75

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Mikaël Bouges
La Pente De Chavigny 2022 MAGNUM

A limited, large-format magnum bottling of Mikaël's entry-point white made with 100% Sauvignon Blanc from a mixture of five different parcels, each planted over gravelly limestone. The grapes are direct-pressed, then fermented and raised in steel for a pristine, bone-dry and whistle-clean style. Find out more.

  • Region Touraine, Loire, France
  • Grapes Sauvignon Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£46.50

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