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This is a Negociant Gamay wine from the legend and icon that is Jean-Francois Ganevat, whose wines are so hard to find they now sell for hundreds of pounds in auction houses or some of the best Michelin starred restaurants in the world. This ones powerful yet precise with deep earthy cherry vibes.

Jean-Francois Ganevat is an iconic winemaker, heralded not just as one of the best vignerons in Jura but in the natural wine world full stop. His family have deep roots in Jura, and Jean-Francois began by working alongside his father in the 1970s. Formal training at wine school followed and thereafter a stint in Burgundy with Domaine Marc Morey, before Jean-Francois returned to take over the family business in 1998 where his legendary reputation has grown stronger with each passing year.

Producer: Anne & Jean-Francois Ganevat
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Gamay
Style: Red
Size: 75cl

As always for the estate's whites, Castor is a wine blessed with beautiful aromatics - white flowers, almonds, tangy citrus, A wine top pop for a celebration and for everyone to geek out on how great a Chardonnay this really is.

Jean-Baptiste Menigoz of Domaine Les Bottes Rouges began his working life in Arbois as a special needs teacher before becoming increasingly interested in natural wine through his good friend and esteemed Jura vigneron Raphael Monnier of Ratapoil. Jean-Baptiste now has 7 hectares of organic vines around Arbois and works with native yeast and no sulphur or other additions for all his wines.

Producer: Domaine Les Bottes Rouges
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Chardonnay
Style: White
Size: 75cl bottle

One of the most exquisite wines we have had the pleasure of sippin. Beguet's Silk Blue is a blend of 15% Trousseau, 5% Savagnin 75% Ploussard - super light, vibrant with red berry flavours and typical Jura electric acidity. A very special wine this

Patrice Béguet’s winery is located in Mesnay, a little village a stone’s throw from Arbois in the Les Planches-près-Arbois gorge. Patrice gave up a job as an IT Consultant in Paris, took the Wine Diploma at Beaune, and took over what has now grown to around four hectares of vines in Pupillin, Arbois, in his home village of Mesnay. He is committed to biodynamic methods, and is Demeter certified, quite unusual for such a small producer. In a region where biodynamics and natural winemaking are hardly a rarity, few are as committed to all aspects of ecology as Patrice, and few young vignerons work as hard as he does too. 

Producer: Patrice Beguet
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Trousseau, Savagin and Ploussard
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle

Release 2 of our full allocation of the unicorn that is Gutt OGGAU Brut Nature 2011. these 4 bottles are the pick of the bunch for all you label junkies. The wine was made nearly a decade ago from hand-picked Pinot Noir, gently pressed then left to ferment in bottle. No disgorgement, no fining, no filtration, no added sulphur, completely natural.

This is a wine that will without doubt age well and no doubt increase in value, the bottles themselves are each a piece of Art (Only 1000 made)

4 bottles in this release, pick one individually from the choices above (price is per bottle)

Producer: Gut Oggau
Region: Burgenland, Austria
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Style: Sparkling
Size: 75cl bottle

Dreamy Savagnin supplied by none other than, Tony Bornard. Today the total estate is just over 11 hectares. The vineyard is biodynamic, with minimum intervention and his wines are seen in the finest restaurants from London to Tokyo.

Producer: Tony Bornard
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Savagnin
Style: White
Size: 75cl bottle

This is an amazing yet delicious blend of Jura Chardonnay and Burgundy Aligoté. Vinified in the proper natural way. Grapes spend a year in a barrel with the end result being a balanced, buttery wine with delicate notes of citrus fruit and white flowers.

Jean-Francois Ganevat is an iconic winemaker, heralded not just as one of the best vignerons in Jura but in the natural wine world full stop. His family have deep roots in Jura, and Jean-Francois began by working alongside his father in the 1970s. Formal training at wine school followed and thereafter a stint in Burgundy with Domaine Marc Morey, before Jean-Francois returned to take over the family business in 1998 where his legendary reputation has grown stronger with each passing year.

Producer: Anne & Jean-Francois Ganevat
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Chardonnay, Burgundy Aligote
Style: White
Size: 75cl

A nutty, smokey, Savagnin with incredible layers of complexity and a nutty, oxidised fruit aroma and lovely, balanced acidity.

Emilie and Alexis Portet of Domaine des Bodines are not from Jura, or indeed a winemaking, background. After Alexis spent time working at Domaine de la Tournelle and Domaine de la Pinte, both of Jura, the couple work together and are improving with each vintage.

Producer: Domaine des Bodines
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Savagnin
Style: White
Size: 75cl bottle

Jean-Francois Ganevat is an iconic winemaker, heralded not just as one of the best vignerons in Jura but in the natural wine world full stop. His family have deep roots in Jura, and Jean-Francois began by working alongside his father in the 1970s. Formal training at wine school followed and thereafter a stint in Burgundy with Domaine Marc Morey, before Jean-Francois returned to take over the family business in 1998 where his legendary reputation has grown stronger with each passing year.

Producer: Anne & Jean-Francois Ganevat
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Savagnin
Style: White
Size: 75cl

La Pépée is a big, bold, Pinot Noir made from vines grown in clay soils and bottled without filtration or added sulfur. An aromatic, spicy, and perfumed Jura Pinot with floral and lavender aromas backed up by some berry fruit compote on the palate.

Jean-Baptiste Menigoz of Domaine Les Bottes Rouges began his working life in Arbois as a special needs teacher before becoming increasingly interested in natural wine through his good friend and esteemed Jura vigneron Raphael Monnier of Ratapoil. Jean-Baptiste now has 7 hectares of organic vines around Arbois and works with native yeast and no sulphur or other additions for all his wines.

Producer: Domaine Les Bottes Rouges
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle

It's always mad exciting receiving a Pinot Noir from the Jura, and even more so when it is supplied by none other than, Tony Bornard. Today the total estate is just over 11 hectares. The vineyard is biodynamic, with minimum intervention and his wines are seen in the finest restaurants from London to Tokyo.

The 2018 is a very supple wine with good fruit and some length. Will drink now or age for sometime.

Producer: Tony Bornard
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle

An incredibly beautiful trio of 2011 Brut Nature by Gut Oggau. Personally, from an aesthetical perspective, these are probably the most eye-catching bottles of wine we have ever seen, each one different and unique. The wine was made nearly a decade ago from hand-picked Pinot Noir, gently pressed then left to ferment in bottle. No disgorgement, no fining, no filtration, no added sulphur, completely natural.

This is a wine that will without doubt age well and no doubt increase in value, the bottles themselves are each a piece of Art (Only 1000 made)

Producer: Gut Oggau
Region: Burgenland, Austria
Grapes: Pinot Noir
Style: Sparkling
Size: 75cl bottle

One of the most recognisable producers out there, with a cult following addicted to their wines and labels. The Gut Oggau Family Reunion Rose 2016 is a very special wine, A rare limited edition bottling of Blaufrankisch and Zwiegelt from old and young vines which creates a much more profound and deeper Rose than Winifred. The colour is deep, light cherry, the nose pulls you in and the palate is rich, slightly spicy but incredibly fresh. A delicious Rose which could be treated more like a red with the capacity to age however it is drinking beautifully right now. Future Unicorn!

Gut Oggau is a 14 hectare Austrian wine estate located in the province of Burgenland by the Lake Neusiedl. The estate is run by Eduard Tscheppe and his wife Stephanie, daughter of a 2 Michelin star restaurant owner. It is a certified biodynamic estate with each wine coming from a single plot of vines with different terroirs showing different expressions in the wine. The individual personalities of the wine are expressed in the faces on the labels created by Jung von Matt (German designer) and brought together in the Gut Oggau family tree. A unique and fascinating way of describing the wines, they taste every bit as intriguing as the labels suggest.

Producer: Gut Oggau
Region: Burgenland, Austria
Grapes: Blaufrankish, Zweigelt
Style: Rose
Size: 75cl bottle

One of only a handful left in the world right here! Magma is Frank's top Cuvee, produced annually in quantities of 500-1500 bottles. Some years, if the ripeness of the grapes is not deemed absolutely perfect, it isn't made at all.  Of all the vineyards, Magma comes from the highest at just over 900 metres above sea level and is made from ungrafted Nerello Mascalese vines that are over 100 years old. The end result for the 2017 is a wine that brims the energy and tension that these mineral-rich volcanic soils provide alongside deep plummy and dark stone fruit notes.

Great investment wine or one for a super special occasion!

Producer: Frank Cornelissen
Region: Sicily, Italy
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese 100%
Style: Red
Size: 300cl bottle - Double Magnum/Jeroboam

Declared "Best Winemaker of 2018" by the Revue du Vin de France, Jean-Francois Ganevat is a pretty deal. His meticulousness and attention to detail can't be beaten, and his unique knack for unlocking all the nuances of the terroir in his wine is genuinely awe-inspiring. His 8 hectares vineyard in the Jura only grows the most exceptional fruits with the grapevines used for his wines averaging around 50 years old.

The Cuvée Madelon is a ruby, intense red cherry and liquorice Red which is so complex even our resident wine writer has trouble giving it its dues. We found when first tasting the wine it starts off a little edgy but after its left to breathe, it keeps developing rounds and rounds of different flavours. A proper conversation starter, this one.

Producer: Anne & Jean-François Ganevat
Region: Jura, France
Grapes: Gamay Blend
Style: Red
Size: 75cl

UNICORN IN THE HOUSSSSEEE! Absolute banger right here from Patrick Bouju. J is an Orange wine from the Natural Wine guru made from the grapes of Jean-Yves Péron. It's a perfectly balanced juicy orange wine which has got to be up there with some of his finest work. 150cl/Magnum so ideal to share (or smash solo)

Producer: Patrick Bouju
Region: St Georges Sur Allier, Auvergne, France
Grapes: Jacquere
Style: Orange
Size: 150cl bottle

IN STOCK! Super limited allocation from Italian natural pioneers SETE. Tropicale is a natural wine made from a blend of 70% Ottonese, 20% Trebbiano, 10% Moscato grapes grown in Lazio, Central Italy. All grapes are macerated for several days, fermented and aged on the lees for 8 months in fiberglass vats. The name kinda gives it away but expect a barrage of tropical notes notably passion fruit with a slight tang on the aftertaste. 100% Natural Wine with absolutely no chemicals in the vineyards, no added sulfites, unfined, and unfiltered. Biodynamic farming.

Producer: SETE
Region: Lazio, Italy
Grapes: Ottonese, Trebbiano, Moscato
Style: Orange
Size: 75cl bottle

 Into The Wine 2016 could be classed as La Sorga's finest work. Using the best grapes from this plot of old vines they are then macerated in whole bunches in open barrels for 60 days before ageing in old barrels for 2 years. As with all his wines this is completely natural with no filtering or sulphur. Super rare wine and one that really shows the skill and love for natural winemaking from La Sorga.

Producer: La Sorga
Region: Languedoc, France
Grapes: Mourvedre
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle

IN STOCK | Super Exclusive and a wine that really did kick off the global Natural Wine movement! The Contadino (now called Sucucaru Rosso) is Frank’s interpretation of farmer’s fuel, a drinkable wine, young, humble, healthy, and authentic. A wine that's ridiculously easy to drink but expresses its origins, the unique terroir of the Etna volcano.

1 PER CUSTOMER, IF MORE THAN 1 IS ORDERED YOU WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REFUNDED.

Producer: Frank Cornelissen
Region: Sicily, Italy
Style: Red
Size: 75cl bottle

This pure Nerello Mascalese is produced from Frank's old vines alberello cru Porcaria, situated at 640 m. asl. in the terroir Feudo di Mezzo. A challenging location in order to achieve perfection in maturation, but it has the power as well as refined elegance which when put together is by his own words a "complete wine".

The PA is distinguished by explosions of dark berries, ripe currants and rose accents, surrounded by mild oxidation tones. On the palate, it is intense and expressive with sharp acidity and a long lasting finish. Will drink incredibly now or easily store for 3-5 years.

Producer: Frank Cornelissen
Region: Sicily, Italy
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese 100% (ungrafted)
Style: Red
Size: 150cl bottle
ABV: 14.5%

UNICORN! This pure Nerello Mascalese comes from Frank's ungrafted vineyard in Contrada Zottorinoto. More specifically in the section Chiusa Spagnola, situated lower in the valley floor, a bit hidden in an amphitheater surrounded by lava! A truly unique vineyard, planted around 1925 at a lower altitude (620m. asl) producing a profound, tannic wine, a bit more backward and Nebbiolo-ish compared to his other crus and lighter in colour.

The CS to us is the most fruity out of the Cru's; vibrant and beautifully fruity tones of wild strawberry and raspberry, open to an intriguing spicy mashup. Fresh and juicy, it boasting bright acidity, fine tannins, and deepness.

We believe it's one of 8 left in Europe.

Producer: Frank Cornelissen
Region: Sicily, Italy
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese 100% (ungrafted)
Style: Red
Size: 300cl bottle
ABV: 14%

Olivier Cousin has been fighting the good fight for many years in Anjou, and the time has come for him to pass the reins off to his son, Baptiste. The spirit of the winemaker remains the same, working the vines with horses and biodynamic preparations, with no added sulfur or any other additives ever coming in contact with the wine.

Quech Cousin is made from 100% Grolleau using whole cluster fermentation, then elevage in barrique. Super fresh and Juicy with red fruit bursts. BANGER! 

Producer: Baptiste Cousin
Region: Anjou, France
Grapes: Grolleau
Style: Red
Size: 150cl bottle

An extremely special bottle that we've been fortunate in getting our hands on! Here we have one of a handful of 2017 Magma Magnums to make it to the UK. Magma is Frank's top Cuvee, produced annually in quantities of 500-1500 bottles. Some years, if the ripeness of the grapes is not deemed absolutely perfect, it isn't made at all.  Of all the vineyards, Magma comes from the highest at just over 900 metres above sea level and is made from ungrafted Nerello Mascalese vines that are over 100 years old. The end result for the 2017 is a wine that brims the energy and tension that these mineral-rich volcanic soils provide alongside deep plummy and dark stone fruit notes.

Producer: Frank Cornelissen
Region: Sicily, Italy
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese 100%
Style: Red
Size: 150cl bottle - Magnum

Single bottle allocation 100% Nerello Mascalese MunJebel® Rosso 8 VA, which stands for Vigne Alte and is a super dense and fragrant wine. A blend of 4 vineyards, located between 800 and 1000m asl.: Contrada Barbabecchi, Barbabecchi “Cuttuaru”, Guardiola and Tartaraci. The Average age of the vines is 80+ years old and more than 90% undrafted. They don't come much rarer than these.

Producer: Frank Cornelissen
Region: Sicily, Italy
Grapes: Nerello Mascalese 100%
Style: Red
Size: 150cl bottle - Magnum

We have a Unicorn! Only one barrel made and kept by Bouju himself since 2008. Super low allocation Chardonnay that's oozing with sweet gummy-like notes and the most elegant finish you will ever find. A real gem!!!

Producer: Patrick Bouju
Region: St Georges Sur Allier, Auvergne, France
Grapes: Chardonnay
Style: White
Size: 75cl bottle