Grape – Xarel-lo

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.

Entre Vinyes
Oniric Blanc 2023

  • Region Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£16.25

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Entre Vinyes
Oniric Pet-Nat 2023

Unrivaled value to be found here in this bottle-fermented fizz out of Catalonia's Cava country. Light body, peachy texture and that lovely orange blossom perfume. Hazy, glowing, good-time material. Find out more.

  • Region Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo & Muscat
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£19.50

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Vinyes Singulars
Pim Pam 2022

Pure, breezy refreshment with salty lemons, pulpy melon and cracked white peppercorn spice jostling together in uruly harmony, with some welcome textural depth to boot. A wine that conjures up the Balearic sea and sunshine so easily. Find out more.

  • Region Alt Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Malvasia de sitges, Parellada & Sumoll Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£24

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Ramon Jané
Baudili 2022

Simple, easygoing white - the still version of Tinc Set, which comes from the same base wine. It’s a blend of Xarel-lo & Parellada that is cold-pressed and fermented in steel, which keeps the wine squeaky clean and very drinkable. Think of it as a still Cava. Find out more.

  • Region Alt Penedès, Barcelona, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo & Parellada
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£21.50

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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Vinyes Singulars
Pim Pam Pink 2022

The rosado companion to the wonderfully drinkable Pim Pam. This is 90% the same wine, but with a splash of Sumoll for good measure, adding a summery dose of strawberry and crunchy red apple fruit to the mix. Find out more.

  • Region Alt Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo, Macabeo, Malvasia de sitges, Parellada, Sumoll & Sumoll Blanc
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£23.50

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Vinyes Singulars
Al Rosa L'Amor S'hi Posa 2022

Savoury white pepper aromatics of Xarel-lo are the first thing to meet you from the glass, blended with Macabeu and given a twinge of peachy pink colour from a dash of Sumoll in the mix. This is real low-gravity, zingy breakfast wine sort of territory. Find out more.

  • Region Alt Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo, Macabeu & Sumoll
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.75

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Vinyes Singulars
Xarel-lo Inox 2022

Fresh, fragrant, steel tank-only Xarel-lo from a single hectare plot of 30 year old vines, the very first Ignasi planted himself at the estate when he was just a teenager. As usual with this grape there are savoury spice aromas mixing with pithy Mediterranean citrus, the vibrant acidity tailing long into the finish making for a quenching wine that keeps you coming back for more. Find out more.

  • Region Alt Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25

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Vinyes Singulars
Brisat 2022

Pithy white grapefruit flesh dusted with toasty ground white peppercorns. So much texture, concentration and depth, for us this is up there with the finest expressions of Xarel-lo out there. Find out more.

  • Region Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
  • Grapes Xarel-lo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Alt Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
£27

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Domaine Carterole
Limonada 2023

The clue is in the name with this one. There is a touch of maceration here which gives the wine a little structure, but at the heart of it, Limonada is all about freshness, citrus and zing. Find out more.

  • Region Roussillon, France
  • Grapes Xarel-lo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£32.75

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Vinyes Singulars
Xarel-lo Amphora 2021

The eponymous vessel always seems to lend a diffused, wide-open quality to the aromas of a wine - here white peach, melon and prickly white peppercorn provide a highly fragrant lift to the overall shape and balance. Tannins from the short maceration feel sanded-down and granular, raw lemon citrus gives a piquant twang, cutting through the smoky, pithy white grapefruit and tailing long into the finish. Find out more.

  • Region Alt Penedès, Catalonia, Spain
  • Grapes Xarel-lo
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£27

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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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