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This Month We're Mainly Drinking - six great wines to drink just now - a six bottle box set
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A mixed case perfect for drinking right now…
The contents of our TMWMD case changes every month to reflect the season, the food we're cooking, and often to feature new arrivals.
Offered at a discounted price, it is six great 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 March we're celebrating International Women's Day by shining the spotlight on just a handful of our favourite female winemakers.
White Wine
Domaine de Menard, Cuvee Marine, Cotes de Gascogne, France
Domaine de Menard is found in the small village of Gondrin in the heart of the Gascogne where they manage 160 hectares of vines, mostly dedicated to traditional Gascogne varieties such as Colombard, Gros Manseng and Ugni Blanc (which are used in the Cuvée Marine). The domaine is run by siblings, Elisabeth Prataviera who is the winemaker and Philippe Jeherlehner who manages the vineyards.
This wine is a zesty and fresh, easy drinking white. The vines are grown on a renowned marine geological site where plenty of fossils are found in the shallow clay, limestone soils. This brings an extra layer of minerality to the wine alongside citrus hits of lemon and gooseberry and some tropical notes of lychee and pineapple.
Producer - Domaine de Menard
Country - France
Region - South West France
Sub-Region - Cotes de Gascogne
Variety / Blend - Colombard, Gros Manseng, Ugni Blanc
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Sustainable
Vegan
Odfjell, Armador Sauvignon Blanc, San Antonio, Chile -
Originally from Norway the Odfjell family made their name in shipping but Odfjell Snr fell in love with Chile and wine and you can guess the rest. Built up over a number of years, their vineyards are spread across a variety of sites with varying climates and soil types allowing optimum grape/ terroir matching. The one thing they all have in common is the biodynamic and organic principles followed to farm the vines, enhancing soil life and biodiversity. Their winemaker is however not an Odfjell... Francsica Palacios is a young agronomist-oenologist who has a wealth of experience from working at various wineries across Chile and around the world. After joining Odfjell for their 2016 harvest, she's since become part of the family and is making wines with the aim of portraying in the wines each detail that the land imparts, with a pronounced style of fruit and freshness.
Most of Odfjell’s production is red but they make one white, this Sauvignon Blanc from cool, coastal San Antonio. It has an intensely fresh and mineral nose with notes of citrus and cut grass. Wonderful with seafoods, salads and fresh young cheese or hang on to it for the new season asparagus.
Producer - Odfjell
Country - Chile
Region - San Antonio
Variety / Blend - Sauvignon Blanc
Wine Style - White Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan
Pink Wine
Celler Capçanes, Mas Donis Rosat, Montsant, Catalunya, Spain
The co-operative of Celler de Capçanes has been harvesting their collective bounties for decades and then Juergen Wagner stumbled across them and he realised the wine world needed to try what they had. The village of Capçanes lies in the Montsant region of Tarragona and it’s fair to say Montsant is giving its neighbouring Priorat a run for its money and the wines of Cellar de Capçanes is most certainly in that race. The highly acclaimed, Anna Rovira is head winemaker and technical director at Celler de Capçanes and is making wines to rival prestigious single estates across the region.
The wine is produced using the saignee method which means the juice is run from (or bled) from the red wine tanks, this means the juice has had skin contact with some very big flavours and this is definitely noticeable with this wine.
Rose-violet in colour, vibrant fruit flavours of strawberry and raspberry. Perfect for every picnic.
Producer - Celler de Capcanes
Country - Spain
Region - Catalunya
Sub-Region - Montsant
Variety / Blend - Garnacha, Syrah
Wine Style - Pink Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan
Red Wine
Les Vignerons d'Estezargues, Cuvee des Galets, Southern Rhone, France -
Les Vignerons d’Estezargues is a pioneering female led cooperative who, when everyone else was chasing volume and low price, turned it on its head and went for quality above all. Still remarkably good value their wines have all the lovely Rhône character you could hope for - warm, welcoming fruit, a touch of spice - with a lightness of touch that makes them super drinkable. Drink with suitably southern French fare such as ratatouille, daubes, simply grilled vegetables with a dollop of tapenade.
Producer - Les Vignerons d’Estezargues
Country - France
Region - Southern Rhône
Sub-Region - Pont du Gard
Variety / Blend - Grenache, Syrah
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic
Vegan
Domaine Lapierre, Raisins Gaulois, VdF Beaujolais, France -
There were a couple of crucibles of the natural wine revolution in France. One was the Loire valley centered on Nicolas Joly. Another was in Beaujolais, where Jules Chauvet, a fourth generation winemaker but also a chemist, took a critical view of what they were being encouraged to do in the vineyard and in the winery and decided that over-use of chemicals in both was bad for the environment and bad for the wine. Several other growers in Beaujolais followed M. Chauvet’s lead. Known as the Gang of Four, among them was Marcel Lapierre. Sadly he died quite young in 2010 but his wife Marie carried on the estate as well as farming her own Chateau Cambon and has now been joined by their son Mathieu and daughter Camille. ‘Raisin Gaulois’ is labelled Vin de France as it is mainly from vines around Morgon but with a little from outside so doesn’t fit a suitable Beaujolais appellation.
It is 100% Beaujo though, lovely, lively fruit, juicy, soft and ever so drinkable.
Producer - Domaine Lapierre
Country - France
Region - Burgundy
Appellation - Beaujolais
Variety / Blend - Gamay
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan
Altolandon, Milhistorias Bobal, Castilla la Mancha, Spain -
The Altolandon winery is owned and run by Rosalia Molina who crafts organic wines in one of Spain's highest altitude wineries at a remarkable 1100 meters above sea level in the province of Manchuela, South East Spain. The high altitude gives a huge day / night temperature range, a remarkable clarity of light, clean air and plenty of breeze which all adds up to a great environment to grow organically, produce healthy grapes with loads of character and balance. She only uses natural fertilisers and promotes biodiversity by welcoming chickens, sheep and pigs from local farms to roam the vineyards freely.
This is made from Bobal, a local variety that has rather unfairly been mainly limited to making guest appearances in sangria, in jug wines or blends. More recently it has been recognised for its potential and made into dark coloured wines with spicy, rich fruit. It also has a lovely touch of acidity which makes it rather more moreish.
Producer - Altolandon
Country - Spain
Region - Castilla La Mancha
Sub-Region - Manchuela
Variety / Blend - Bobal
Wine Style - Red Wine
Farming - Organic / Biodynamic
Vegan
This case contains one bottle of each of these wines. If any becomes unavailable it will be replaced by another wine of equal value.
