Vegan Wine Style|Fruit Bombs, Colour|Red, Grape|Merlot | Wayward Wines

Style – Fruit Bombs

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.

Fattoria Di Vaira Vincenzo
Rosso 2020

Vivid, sating wine with a rustic-leaning, unpolished quality that works on the table in just about any situation. Cherry and plum fruits, but with a light extraction ensuring that a certain freshness prevails. Incredibly easy to get along with! Find out more.

  • Region Campobasso, Molise, Italy
  • Grapes Montepulciano, Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£15.25

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Le Clos des Jarres
Insouciance 2022

This wine is full of energy, little red fruits, cracked black pepper and the bitters of dark chocolate in the back end. Cracking value to be found here! Find out more.

  • Region Minervois, Languedoc, France
  • Grapes Merlot & Caladoc
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal added sulphites
£19.75

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Antonio Gismondi
Crucella 2023

A balance of old-school rusticity with a dose of juicy, supple cherry fruit and gently lifted aromas of rose. It's a wine with no shortage of charm and is a world away from the more heavily tannic reds associated with this part of Italy. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Sangiovese, Merlot & Camaiola
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£27.50

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Petite Nature
Danser Sous la Pluie 2023

100% Merlot that did not ferment completely dry, so Paulette elected to bottle with a little residual sugar, giving the wine that wide-eyed drinkability and lightly spritzy character. Bright red fruits feel luminous and crackle with energy, a lick of balsamic cuts the palate. Find out more.

  • Region Quintenas, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Merlot
  • Vineyard Organic & Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£41

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Mas de l’Escarida
Sota Mon Soleu 2023

A beautifully pure expression of Merlot which balances lush ripe fruit with just a touch of spice against silky tannins and fresh streak of acidity. Find out more.

  • Region Cubagnac, Ardèche, France
  • Grapes Merlot
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£22.50

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Antonio Gismondi
Crucella 2023 MAGNUM

Magnum bottling. A balance of old-school rusticity with a dose of juicy, supple cherry fruit and gently lifted aromas of rose. It's a wine with no shortage of charm and is a world away from the more heavily tannic reds associated with this part of Italy. Find out more.

  • Region Cerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
  • Grapes Sangiovese, Merlot & Camaiola
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£58

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