Looking for some wines to gift to your natural wine loving friends? We've put together three interesting wines, which will be loved by any adventurous wine drinkers.
In this box you'll find:
Roca Viva - Groovin High 2021
Groovin High 2021 is a natural wine crafted by Roca Viva, in the Andalusia region in Spain. This serious, and structured red wine is made with Jaén Tinto, Jaén Blanco and Vigiriega grapes taken from vines some over 100 years old, made at 1400m above sea level on Schist and Quartz soils.
WOW! What a wine!! Just be sure to put in a carafe for 30 minutes and serve in decent wine glasses to let this wine fully express itself as with the right treatment it is an absolute banger!
Expect vibrant minerality that really seduces you in for more. WE ADORED notes of concentrated blackberry compote, gravel, dry tobacco and thyme ending in a long, smooth finish.
No added sulphites and one of the most impressive "big reds" on the shop
Grape Varieties: 90% Jaén Tinto, 10% Jaén Blanco y Vigiriega
Vineyard Zones: Torvizcón-Cástaras, Sierra Contraviesa, Granada
Number of Bottles Produced: 890
The grapes for Groovin High were harvested from 80-100 year old vines in schist and quartzite soils, 1400 meters above sea level. After a late September harvest, they were then hand destemmed and crushed by foot and macerated for 15 days in PVC tanks with 25% whole bunch fermentation. After draining and pressing, the wine was then aged for 22 months in clay amphora, then bottled unfiltered & unfined in September 2023 with no added sulphur.
Hubinsky - Veltinske Zelene Concrete Pyramid 2018/19
Veltinske Zelene Concrete Pyramid 2018/19 is a natural wine crafted by Hubinsky, in the Bratislava region in Slokavia. This white wine is made with 100% Grüner Veltliner grapes, AND IT TASTES AMAZING!
WOW! What an experience this wine is... and certainly not your usual Grüner Veltliner. Expect a somewhat wild Petroleum fuelled finish, honey, yuzu. Expect bright acidity, a refreshing yet complex mouthfeel and a LOT of energy going on. We really were blown away by this and feel it tastes more like a wine 10 euros more!
The grapes are grown on 40 year old vines planted on a sandy soil, based on top of rough gravel making the vines dig deep for nutrients. Vintage 2018 sees minor skin contact for eight days, fermentation in a stainless steel tank, ageing in concrete pyramid ( 600l ) and wooden barrel ( 500l ).
Vintage 2019 sees skin contact for 5 days, fermentation in concrete pyramid ( 600l ), No added sulphur in 2019. The two were blended in September 2021.
Didier Grappe - Seyve Villard
Seyve-Villard is a unique natural wine by Didier Grappe, in the Jura region in France, becauser this white wine is made with Seyve-Villard hybrid grapes, which in our mind here taste a little similar to Melon d’Bourgone or Chardonnay, with a rounded mouthfeel, buttery touches and a stoney minerality. Drink in one sitting.
Hybrid grapes is something Didier Grappe is known for, one of the 2-3 producers in all of Jura with natural wine (alongside Domaine de la Touraize and Valentin Morel of Le Pieds sur Terre) who believes they are the future for Jura. For Didier, he hates to spray any chemicals or sulphur and copper on his vines, which Hybrid vines do not need, as they are resistant to diseases.
Didier has in fact said he will never plant another non-Hybrid vine in the Jura again, but will continue to farm his traditional Jura varietals. This Seyve-Villard is one of his most popular Hybrid wines.
Please note, our fancy new cart system will only recognise this as one product, but it will qualify for 3 bottles towards your shipping, at official checkout.
