The Edit - Robin's picks for this month - a three bottle box set

The Edit is our monthly selection of what's exciting and drinking well, chosen by Robin, founder of Iron & Rose and still a wine obsessive. The three bottles selected change each month to reflect the season, the food we're enjoying, and often to introduce new arrivals. 

Offered at a discounted price, it is three banging bottles to introduce you to our world of natural wine, to encourage you to delve deeper, or for a treat to yourself or as a gift.

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This month's edit features wines perfect for autumn drinking and matching with richer foods. There is a red from Emilia Romagana, made a few miles from Bologna "la grassa" (the fat), home of so many delicious treats, not least the fabulous pasta. Pictured is Pellegrino Artusi's famous Emilia cookbook, The Science of the Kitchen and the Art of Eating Well, which allegedly contains the recipe for the definitive Bolognese sauce. Also included is a wine from Puglia, the heal of Italy, grown on a vineyard using regenerative farming techniques and made from a grape variety that produces generous, fruit packed wines. And third, a white from North West Spain, made with a short period of skin contact for a little extra complexity, texture and weight.

This box set contains three bottles, one of each of the following wines, made by inspirational producers, the kind of wines which inspired Robin to start Iron & Rose back in 2016 - 

Fedellos, Conasbrancas, Galicia, Spain

Fidellos is a project run created by Curro Barreño and Jesús Olivares. Both ore originally from the Gredos region but for Fedellos they work in two areas of Ribeira Sacra, on terraces along the steep slopes of the rivers Sil and Bibei, planted with a myriad of grape varieties, altitudes, and expositions. On these steep sites all work is by hand - you couldn't do otherwise on these steep terraces! The wines are fermented with indigenous yeasts, at low temperatures to favour a gentle extraction of colour and phenolics. They are then aged in old barrels and are bottled unfined, unfiltered and with the addition of low quantities of sulphur. All the wines share an Atlantic freshness and a slatey minerality that make these wines unmistakably Galician.

Conasbrancas is a blend of local varieties, starting with lightly crushed whole bunches in tank and the pressing as soon as fermentation kicks off when the juice is moved to a large oak barrel resulting in a lovely wine a touch salty, touch of lemon pith fruit and touch of skins texture. Brilliant with fish.

Producer - Fedellos
Country - Spain
Region - Galicia
Variety / Blend - Dona Blanca, Godello, Albariño, Treixadura, Lado, Torrontes
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan

Mutiliana, Ibbola, Romagna Sangiovese Modigliana, Emilia-Romagna, Italy

Few people know the varied terroir of Emilia-Romagna as well as Giorgio Melandri, who spent 20 years tasting and writing about the wines of this region for Gambera Rosso.  Mutiliana is Giorgi's project focusing on the weathered sandstone soils above Modigliana where he claims "Sangiovese speaks a different language - less alcohol, fresher acidity and more herbal and floral notes". Working with winemaker, Francesco Bordini he aims to create wines made of pure Sangiovese, expressing the unique mineral style that highlights the terroir its valley of origin, as Giorgi says "the traditional style before oak and over-ripeness came in"

Floral and earthy with delicate fruit and minerality.

Producer - Mutiliana
Country - Italy 
Region - Emilia-Romagna    
Appellation - Modigliana
Variety / Blend - Sangiovese 
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Sustainable with organic practices
Vegan

L'Archetipo, Aglianico, Puglia, Italy

Valentino Dibenedetto and his four children practice natural, no-till regenerative farming on their land in Puglia in the heel of Italy. Influenced by Masanubo Fukuoka and Rudolf Steiner, the aim is to protect soil health and structure, build a natural layer of Humus, enhance biodiversity and thereby produce fantastic grapes and beautiful, natural wines. As well as 25 hectares of vineyards the family farms around 35 hectares of ancient grains.

Producer - L'Archetipo
Country - Italy
Region - Puglia
Variety / Blend - Aglianico
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Biodynamic
Vegan

The wines in this box set are available in limited quantities, so we may need to offer alternatives but these will be of similar price and equal value!