'Fidèle' Champagne Brut Nature NV Grape|Merlot

'Fidèle' Champagne Brut Nature NV Grape|MerlotAs you're more likely to find a pet nat from the Loire, or a cremant from Limoux listed here at Wayward, it follows that Champagne isn't really an area we specialise in. Until we were educated otherwise, we were of the impression that Champagne only came from the big houses; those buying up grapes from many different growers and then producing the wine to a signature house style that wasn't really in keeping with our leaning towards expressions of

here we have an uplifting wine of real harmony

There’s a real savoury

Weissburgunder is the name the Austrians give Pinot Blanc

The bitters really sit to the front here

The 2024 iteration of this wine is hand-picked and whole-bunch pressed

which gives the wine its characteristic

ending in a balanced bitterness you'd expect from a wine with such pronounced aromatics

The grapes are hand-harvested

From vines planted over sandstone and clay

a mutation with soft skins and a more delicate profile than its relative Catarratto

concrete and clay vessels ruffles up some welcome texture

The grapes are macerated for 4 weeks in stainless steel vats before being transferred to old foudre to rest