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French Red Wines
We don't place an emphasis on France (unlike many retailers) as we source our wines primarily on their own merits before appellation or region. The best French red wines tend to be expensive as there is plenty of demand from traditional retailers. But there are plenty of good French red wines at reasonable prices, particularly from the former Vin de Pays regions along the South coast.
The majority of our French offerings are natural, sulphite free wines from the Rhone and Languedoc regions.
When it comes to Bordeaux I personally prefer a good Bordeaux blend from warmer more reliable climates outside France. In fact a "Bordeaux blend" is my favourite wine so I'm always keen to find good ones. We have some great examples from Argentina, South Africa and Italy. Give them a go - you would have to spend a lot more money to find anything anywhere near their equivalent from France!
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Domaine Mayrac Organic EnigmaA superb single vineyard Syrah aged for 24 months in oak. Delicious! Big black cherry flavours with vanilla and a hint of white pepper. Perfectly balanced wine with good natural acidity. Superb.
Learn MoreOrganic: Yes
Sustainable farming: Yes
Gluten free: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Sulphite level: Very Low
John's Rating:
£25.00 -
Domaine D'Anglas Chemin Des Moutons sulphite free wineChemin des Moutons Organic Domaine D'Anglas is a beautiful big sulphite free syrah grenache blend. It is the flagship wine from Roger and is superb! Just received the 2018.
Learn MoreFree sulphur: <5
Organic: Yes
Sustainable farming: Yes
Gluten free: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Sulphite level: Sulphite Free
John's Rating:
£24.95 -
Domaine Viret Emergence sulphite free wineA big powerful blend of Grenache, Syrah and Carignan aged in barriques for 24 months.
Learn MoreFree sulphur: <5mg/l
Grapes Own Yeast: Yes
Sustainable farming: Yes
Dry farmed: Yes
Gluten free: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Sulphite level: Sulphite Free
John's Rating:
£28.00 -
Chateau Costes Cirgues sulphite free wineChateau Costes Cirgues is the top wine from this superb tiny family winery. All their wines are sulphite free and organically certified. It consists of 80% Syrah, 20% Grenache hand harvested into small trays from another tiny 1.6 hectare vineyard. Gravity fed, concrete fermented then aged in French oak for 15 months prior to blending.Black fruit from the Genache with some pepper from the Syrah. Big, rich and opulent. This is a superb wine.
Learn MoreFree sulphur: 0
Organic: Yes
Sustainable farming: Yes
Gluten free: Yes
Vegan: Yes
Sulphite level: Sulphite Free
John's Rating:
£24.95 -
Le Quai à Raisins Garmatcha sulphite free wineA new wine from a new venture! Robin Althof from Costes Cirgues and his wife Imogen are making small batches of their own excellent wines from different parcels of grapes from friends' vineyards. Obviously they are organically farmed and sulphite free of course.
100% Grenache aged in oak for 12 months.
Learn MoreFree sulphur: <5
Organic: Yes
Grapes Own Yeast: Yes
Sustainable farming: Yes
No wood used: No
Vegan: Yes
Sulphite level: Sulphite Free
John's Rating:
£28.50Out of stock -
Cave de Cairanne Chateuneuf du PapeCave de Cairanne Chateauneuf du Pape . Big and powerful of course with noticeable oak, but Cairanne took great care to preserve the fruit and limit the tannins (by destemming the grapes before crushing). Super wine with a very long finish.
Learn MoreSulphite level: Low
John's Rating:
£29.99Out of stock
