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Manta Rouge 2025 - L'Austral
Manta Rouge 2025 - L'Austral
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The Wine & Winemaker
- Winemaker: Laurent & Pauline (L'Austral)
- Region: Saumur Puy-Notre-Dame, Loire Valley, France
- Grape: 100% Cabernet Franc
The Story This domaine provides a brilliant contrast to the other houses in this box. While many natural winemakers embrace a bit of 'funk', Laurent has a very clear goal: making 100% natural wines at all costs, but with an extremely precise, clean result. He doesn't filter his wines but uses soutirrage (carefully racking the wine from one vessel to another). This clarifies the wine completely naturally, leaving behind only the tiniest fraction of lees. During our visit, Laurent first took us into the vineyards to show us where this precision begins. Afterwards, we headed underground into his impressive cave, where the wine ferments and rests. The deep, earthy scent that lingers in a cellar like that is truly something everyone needs to experience at least once. We would have loved to take all of their wines home with us, but we unfortunately had to stick to two. The Manta Rouge was an absolute no-brainer.
The Vibe & Tasting Notes The Manta Rouge is a lively, energetic expression of Cabernet Franc. Thanks to Laurent's meticulous work in the cellar, you get an incredibly pure, pristine wine in your glass. Expect a crunchy palate full of juicy red fruit, currants, and that refined, subtly spicy note (think a hint of white pepper) that is so characteristic of the grape. It’s a juicy, highly digestible red wine with soft tannins that is best enjoyed slightly chilled. A fantastic bottle to pair with a charcuterie board or alongside light, earthy vegetable dishes.
How does it work?
How does it work?
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A box with the amount of bottles of your choosing delivered every month on the first week. The theme changes monthly. One month you get wines from Hungary, some months all oranges, some months... who knows!
Pause or change your subscription at any time. Going on holiday and want to skip a month? No problem. Got excited after trying out a 1-bottle box and want to go for the 3-bottle box next? No problem!
Why natural wine costs more, and why it’s worth it
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No shortcuts
Growers who refuse pesticides and chemical additives accept that they’ll lose a significant part of their harvest to weather, disease, and unpredictable nature, but they do it to keep their wines pure, alive, and honest.
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Risk and loss
Nature swings between plenty and scarcity; frost, hail, heat and ferments can erase volumes, fewer bottles must carry the farm’s costs, with ageing measures adding expense to keep the wine clean and true over time.
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Integrity and handwork
Hands replace chemicals: they weed, manage canopies, pick, and sort by hand; presses and gravity moves protect texture, while cleanliness and patient ageing deliver purity without shortcuts, increasing labor but preserving integrity in every bottle.
