The Unoaked Whites mixed case contains 12 bottles of the best unoaked white wines (2 bottles of 6 different wines). I find that white wine drinkers fall into two distinct camps – those that love wines that have been fermented and/ or aged in oak and those that very definitely don’t. Most of this latter group prefer the lighter body & colour and the fruitier profile of unoaked wines. Oak not only adds flavours to wine but also texture and body. This case caters to those that don’t “do” oak!
All these unoaked white Wines with Attitude are from my main list of wines. I don’t include any cheap “fillers”. Produced from different grape varieties and originating from a range of different countries, the wines in this case enable you to sample a range of the white wines in our portfolio. What they have in common is that they are all well made and of excellent quality – and with no oak in sight!
2 x Clément & Florian Berthier Coteaux Giennois “Terre de Silex” 2022
A crisp Loire Sauvignon Blanc similar in style to Sancerre. It’s a subtle style of Sauvignon Blanc and its terroir focus means it has flinty aromas from the silex soils. I’m not a big Sauvignon fan and I love this wine!
2 x Terras Gauda La Mar Caino 2021
Aromatic, dry, Spanish white wine produced from the rare Caíño Branco grape and a touch of Albariño and Loureiro. With no oak influence, La Mar is fruit-focused with a citric zippiness and a rounded mouthfeel
2 x TWR / Te Whare Ra Toru White Blend 2021
Organic Gewürztraminer, Riesling and Pinot Gris from a single vineyard in Marlborough, co-fermented for a seamless blend that is elegant, dry, creamy without being rich and with a very long finish of mineral, citrus and pear flavours
2 x Luigi Valori Abruzzo Pecorino DOC 2020
Fresh and crisp style of Pecorino from Abruzzo in Italy, a wine that is full of fruit flavours like pear, citrus, peach and green apple with hints of almond and salinity from the nearby ocean
2 x Véronique Gunther-Chéreau Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie Anima Mea 2020
Gunther-Chéreau’s Muscadet Sèvre-et-Maine Sur Lie ‘Anima Mea’ from the Loire Valley is old vine, terroir-focussed, organic Muscadet with distinctive gunflint-y notes, smooth texture and stone fruit and citrus flavours on a long finish
2 x Morgassi Superiore ‘Volo’ Gavi del Comune di Gavi DOCG 2020
A superior Gavi di Gavi from the Comune di Gavi in Piedmont; unoaked crisp white wine tasting of citrus and apple; ageing in tank and bottle give it body and elegance