Now that Autumn has definitely arrived, we thought it time to put together a selection of natural wines fit for the season. Rich, comforting, warming, aromatic, sensual: these are the bottles we reach for at this time of year.
This is a fruit-forward, less austere take on Nebbiolo. A generous take on Mountain Nebbiolo that offers great pleasure in its youth. A real pleasure to drink. Find out more.
RegionValtellina, Lombardy, Italy
GrapesNebbiolo
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
Spices, citrus fruits, flowers... Some of the wine spends a bit of time in French barriques which lends an extraordinary opulence to the already generous body. Find out more.
RegionEmilia-Romagna, Italy
GrapesMalvasia, Ortrugo, Trebbiano
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
Bedeau Rouge is the gateway red to Cossard’s world of zero-zero Burgundy, under the more regional ‘Bourgogne’ AOC and made using grapes from a number of plots around Volnay & Nuits-Saint-Georges. Find out more.
RegionSaint-Romain, Burgundy, France
GrapesPinot Noir
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
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.
RegionChénas, Beaujolais, France
GrapesGamay
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
A beautiful golden amber in the glass, aromatics mix pithy citrus with more savoury notes of woody spices and herbs. There are flavours of sage-flecked bitter orange marmalade and sweet clementine with an enlivening wire of acidity. Find out more.
RegionCerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
GrapesTrebbiano, Trebbiano Rosa & Malvasia di Candia
VineyardBiodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
The darker, more brooding and structured side of Elisa's two Moulin-à-Vent cuvées; this is the only of her wines that sees any time in barrel. Robust and ageworthy, with an iron-rich mineral streak imparted by the gorrha soils that define this single 1.5-hectare plot. Find out more.
RegionBeaujolais
GrapesGamay
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
A perfectly nourishing, Ardéchoise expression of Grenache that we'd happily drink day after day. 2024 sees an abundance of blackcurrant fruit right upfront, giving way to those typically herb-flecked notes of liquorice root, fennel and clove. Find out more.
RegionValvignères, Ardèche, France
GrapesGrenache
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
A warmer year has produced a wine that is a little darker and deeper than previous vintages, where firm tannins frame woodsy notes of berries, earth and spice. Find out more.
RegionMâcon, Burgundy, France
GrapesPinot Noir
VineyardBiodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Here we see a hyper-specific expression of terroir, this parcel singled out to make its own unique wine owing to its sandy decomposed granite soils having a high content of the manganese minerals - something closely associated with fine structure and ageability of wines from this cru Find out more.
RegionBeaujolais
GrapesGamay
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
Patricia & Remi's domaine white is a distinctly Northern Rhône affair; an equal blend of Marsanne & Roussanne from a single tiny plot, sitting a stone's throw from the river bend where the storied appellations of the region converge. Find out more.
RegionÉtables, Ardèche, France
GrapesMarsanne & Roussanne
Vineyard Organic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Both light and chiselled whilst also giving power and depth. Concentrated texture, slick as oil, the oxidative barrel notes add all manner of complexity. Find out more.
RegionCorbières, Roussillon, France
GrapesCarignan & Grenache
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
A perfectly nourishing, Ardéchoise expression of Grenache that we'd happily drink day after day. 2024 sees an abundance of blackcurrant fruit right upfront, giving way to those typically herb-flecked notes of liquorice root, fennel and clove. Find out more.
RegionValvignères, Ardèche, France
GrapesGrenache
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
A beautiful golden amber in the glass, aromatics mix pithy citrus with more savoury notes of woody spices and herbs. There are flavours of sage-flecked bitter orange marmalade and sweet clementine with an enlivening wire of acidity. Find out more.
RegionCerreto Sannita, Campania, Italy
GrapesTrebbiano, Trebbiano Rosa & Malvasia di Candia
VineyardBiodynamic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
Pale, pure, elegant and nuanced, evocative of a fine French Burgundy, yet something totally unique that can only be the product of this specific location. Find out more.
RegionValtellina, Lombardy, Italy
GrapesNebbiolo
VineyardOrganic
CellarFermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites