Vegan Wine Region|Beaujolais, Price|£20-£30 | Wayward Wines

Region – Beaujolais

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.

Elisa Guerin
Beaujolais-Villages 2024

A firm house favourite, Elisa's 2024 Beaujolais-Villages rouge comes replete with glossy, vibrant verve, savoury spices and powdery, perfumed aromatics - exactly what we look for in great Gamay. Find out more.

  • Region Chénas, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£23.75

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Patricia & Rémi Bonneton
La Tangente 'Expérience' 2021

With time to age, the dusty perfume of the wine has developed into something akin to a savoury Jura Pinot, intense with liquorice, allspice and earthy tones. Find out more.

  • Region Étables, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Cinsault & Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25

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Elisa Guerin
Beaujolais Blanc 2024

An accomplished, classical number from Elisa that flirts with something Burgundian. Aromatically the wine has some detailed aromas of wild herbs and flowers, with golden chamomile notes, nectarine and apricot. Honeyed and rich on the palate, with long, clean acids. Find out more.

  • Region Chénas, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Chardonnay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£28

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Elisa Guerin
Moulin-à-Vent 'La Vigne de Mon Pere' 2023

The aromas here are wine open, mixing stony graphite and dark fruits with a pretty lift of perfume. With Moulin-à-Vent generally providing more body and substance, here an impressive balance of muscularity and elegance is on display, with a fine, granular feel to the powdery tannins. Find out more.

  • Region Chénas, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£29.50

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Michel Guignier
Mystère de Rosée 2023

Bright, energetic red berry fruit, a profoundly stony, mineral tone alongside a bright, lip-smacking, sherberty tartness. A total fruit bomb. Find out more.

  • Region Vauxrenard, Beaujolais, France
  • Grapes Gamay
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£29

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