The Edit - Robin's picks for this month - a three bottle box set. May 2025.

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. Three wines 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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In May our focus is Natura: the bounty of nature, focusing on organic and biodynamic wines with clean farming at their core and what that means for wine growing, wine making and its impact on the environment - and you. Join us on a vinous adventure. 

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 - 

L'Archetipo, Fiano, Puglia, Italy (white): 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.

Local grape variety, Minutolo Fiano is aged on the skins for 7 days before being transferred to stainless steel tanks. The results are a smooth, round, soft white with bags of body.

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

Heinrich, Muscat Freyheit, Burgenland, Austria (orange): Gernot (pictured) and Heike Henrich are life long innovators. Since taking over the family estate in 1985 they have constantly sought to improve and explore. Now farming biodynamically, which they see as being right for the planet and better for the wines, they were among the first to move to focus on quality and champion local grape varieties.

The grapes are hand harvested between the beginning and mid September when conditions are right. Fermentation occurs spontaniously with wild yeasts and left on the skins for 12 days before being gently basket pressed and then a malolactic fermentation. The wine is then aged for 11 months in Amphorae before being bottled in ceramic unfined, unfiltered and zero added sulphur.

Producer - Heinrich
Country - Austria
Region - Neusiedlersee-Hügelland, Burgenland
Appelation - Leithaberg
Variety / Blend - Muscat Ottinel, Pinot Blanc, Chardonnay
Wine Style - Orange Wine
Farming - Biodynamic
Vegan

Domaine Elodie Jaume, Libra 2023, VDF, Southern Rhone, France (red) Elodie Jaume (pictured above) splits her time between her eponymous domaine and her generational family estate, Domaine des Chanssaud, in the heart of Châteauneuf-du-Pape (Rhône, France). ⁣Change is afoot at the family domaine, Elodie having recently taken over from her father Patrick. The estate was certified organic in 2012 though the vines have been farmed organically since 1996. The house style focuses on fruit purity, using pretty much no wood at all and instead favouring large concrete tanks for fermentation and maturation. This ensures the maximum expression of these very old vineyards which are for the most part over 70 years old.⁣
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In 2017 Elodie took over 5 hectares of the family domaine to vinify wines under her own Domaine Elodie Jaume label. Here she pushes the boundaries of farming and vinification even further, using biodynamic principles, working by horse in the vines, using sheep to graze, keeping bees, and reintroducing native flora (and thereby fauna) to bring diversity back to this heavily farmed, often mono-cultural landscape. ⁣

Libra is a new wine from Elodie, a juicy, refreshing red, perfect lightly chilled. An exciting and delicious alternative to classic Côtes du Rhône. 

Producer - Elodie Jaume
Country - France
Region - Southern Rhône   
Sub-Region - Côtes du Rhône
Variety / Blend - Cinsault
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!