Naturellement Bon!
In an attempt to further promote our ever expanding Natural Wine portfolio we have created a new display in our shop at Pew corner, the display has been suitably named ‘Naturellement Bon!”
Natural wines are wines made with minimal intervention in both the vineyard and the winery with an aim to creating the purest expression of the grape variety and terroir. The ‘Naturellement Bon’ collection will change regularly based on the season and what we consider to be showing well, please find the current selection detailed below.
For any more information on any of the wines featured please do not hesitate to contact the shop team further.
WINTER 2012
LESS THAN £10.00
Gran Cerdo – VDM Tempranillo 2010
Grape: Tempranillo
Culture: Biodynamic
The wine has real character, all the juicy elements of Tempranillo, with no dirty oak to mask its charm. It has a natural way about it but with no funkiness. With its cherry-red, purplish, brilliant colour Gran Cerdo reveals primary notes of fresh fruit, strawberries, raspberries, cherries and violets with clean mineral tones from the granite.
BETWEEN £10.00 AND £15.00
Domaine Les Capriades – VDF Cocktail Pet Nat NV
Grape: unknown…
Culture: Biodynamic
Very fluffy and incredibly easy to drink. Pascal is renowned for his Pet Nat and we now know why! The Cocktail is peachy, fruity and has a bit of residual sugar to round up the final palate. This is a great aperitif.
Mattia Barzaghi – Vernaccia Di San Gimignano ‘Impronta’ 2010
Grape: Vernaccia
Culture: Organic
This is what you want with seafood: salty, creamy, nutty, and tangy with that typical dry restraint. It has the crunch of iceberg lettuce and is as cool as the other side of your pillow.
Domaine Leonine – VDF ¿ Que Pasa ? 2011
Grape: Grenache Gris, Grenache Noir & Carignan
Culture: Organic
Light red colour, some turbidity. Nice aromatic concentration in the mouth.
Sokol Blosser – Evolution 15th Edition
Grapes: Muller-Thurgau, Riesling, Semillon, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, Muscat Canelli, Chardonnay, Pinot Blanc and finally Sylvaner.
Culture: Organic
The 9 grapes tie together perfectly, creating a smooth, layered white wine that can hold its own or stand up to just about any food pairing you dare to serve it with. It is extraordinarily food-friendly, from light salads to the hottest fusion-style cuisine.
“The Wild Vineyard” Villalobos – Colchagua Valley, Carignan 2010
Grape: Carignan
Culture: Biodynamic
Villalobos vines have never been treated, the vines have grown wild and chemical free for sixty years amongst native Chilean flora such as maitenes, rosehip, culenes, pine trees, blackberry bushes etc. It is the colour of a dark rosé, there is no extraction or concentration, just clean, pretty lifted, almost graphite fruit supported by clean acids.
Domaine de la Garreliere – Touraine, Le Blanc 2010
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
Culture: Biodynamic
Le Blanc does a bit more than it says on the tin. The Sauvignon, natch, and it is natch, extra maturity on the vine and low yields conferring some fleshy mouthfeel,
Jean-Baptiste Senat - Minervois « La Nine » 2010
Grape: Grenache, Carignan, Syrah, Mourvèdre and Cinsault
Culture: Organic
A delicious wine with notes of spice over black fruits. Lovely equilibrium, elegant tannins and mellow mouthfeel.
Marie et Denis Chevassu - Côtes du Jura Chardonnay Sous Voile 2008
Grape: Chardonnay
Culture: Organic
A Chardonnay vinified under veil? Surely not!
Well Marie and Denis Chevassu have followed the path of a few adventurers and don’t underestimate this grape that can do as well as the great Savagnin…
Abadia da Cova – Ribeira Sacra, Ecoloxico 2010
Grape: Mencia
Culture: Organic
The Mencia exhibits an intense raspberry colour, penetrating fruity aromas, overlaid with a delicate floral scent..This is a primary style of Mencia without the balsamic, spicy flavours conferred by oak-ageing that one normally sees in Bierzo
Vittorio Bera et Figli - ‘Arcese’ 2010
Grape: Favorita, Arneis and Cortese
Culture: Organic
A blend that works to balance aroma, texture and acidity to excellent effect. Extraordinary wild wine, a churn of yeast, peach skin, almond blossom and smoky minerals. The palate is alive, prickly, cidery and tangy – drinking it is like attaching electrodes to your taste buds.
Thierry Puzelat – VDF Le Telquel NV
Grape: Not sure yet…
Culture: Organic
Telquel sounds a lot like the French word Teckel –French for dachshund, hence the drawing on the label. A very ‘honest’ taste. Transparent purple colour with aromas of cranberry, sour cherry, baking spice and sour candy. Subdued tannins with a light mouthfeel and tastes of more sour cherry, earth and slight raspberry.
Foulards Rouge - VDF La Soif Du Mal Blanc 2010
Grape: Muscat, Grenache Blanc & Macabeu
Culture: Organic
Waxy fruit, seasoned with herbs and some crushed minerals is the order of the day.
Domaine Lucci – Adelaide Hills, Sauvignon Blanc 2010
Grape: Sauvignon Blanc
Culture: Biodynamic
It is reminiscent of a Puzelat and a Morantin with a less oxidative personality. Gentle aromas of apricot and apple with a little grapefruit nip, texturally mouth-filling and a tad of leesy spice.
OVER £15.00
Tom & Sally Belford - Bobar Syrah Yarra Valley 2010
Grape: Syrah
Culture: Organic
The nose is fragrant with black cherry, cinnamon and floral notes, leading to a soft, textured palate, showing dark fruits, spices and bitter chocolate with great freshness and sapidity. The slight fizz on opening is naturally occurring, as the wine was pumped very little and bottled young so never lost the gas it had from fermentation. It’s got a slightly reductive, empyreumatic nose at first, but that blows off and a perfume of bright fruit and spice takes over.
Autrement - VDF, Le 2009 de Lamery
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon and Franc, Merlot and Malbec
Culture: Biodynamic
After a manual harvest and a strict triage, vinification takes place in small cement vats. Then it is natural all the way to the bottle with a wild yeast ferment, zero additives,no topping up, no racking, no fining, no filtration and no added sulphur. Very beautiful nose, complex and subtle with dried fruit and mineral tones.