9 best pét nat wines for a naturally sparkling tipple

A Welsh wine from the Whinyard Rocks sheep farm turned vineyard, this pét nat is seriously generous and peachy. Made with 60 per cent solaris grapes, it’s bursting with fruity and floral flavours – think lychee, rose and lemonade.

The yellow label is a beautiful design by British homeware brand Studio Gardiner and adds to the bottle’s charm. Put together with grapes grown in the Welsh countryside, it’s great to see such vibrant wines being produced in the UK.

The Bodegas Gratias project champions sustainable agriculture, natural yeasts and intuitive winemaking. This wine is made from bobal (the indigenous Spanish red grape), using low-intervention techniques and bush vine grapes.

Tasting of crushed raspberries and meadows, this is very much a Spanish rosado and not a rosé. It is full and complex, with lees contact ageing adding depth and flavour.

There are enough fruit characters to handle the hints of bitterness that add complexity, too. Meanwhile, flavours of grass and pepper add interest but may not suit every palette. A bright, crisp wine that is neither too sweet nor overpowering.

Recognisable by the ‘dicey’ label, this pét nat hails from New Theory, a South African venture by brothers Charlie and Thom Bradley, who are making low-intervention wines from their coastal farm in Swartland.

This easy-going wine is made from pinotage (South Africa’s classic grape), and is full of berry flavours, making it a delicious wine to drink during summer. Unlike commercial wines, pét nats can be cloudy and savoury, but this is a good (albeit simple) introduction to a clean pét nat with subtle straw flavours, as it won’t overwhelm those new to natural wine.

Vulcanica is an incredible fruit-forward Slovakian wine. There’s a lot going on in the way of flavour here, from citrus notes such as grapefruit and orange peel to mango and pineapple. There’s even green almond, white pepper and coriander coming through. This is the kind of wine where, the more you sip, the more flavours will appear, and these develop and stay with you, too. The quality of the winemaking shines here, so, it’s bound to be a great conversation starter.

Bonka is a wine not for the inexperienced, as it’s energetic and full of aromas that take a while to calm down. A Slovakian project made with central European grapes feteasca regala blaufränkisch, chasselas and grüner veltliner, the blend tastes of oranges and grapefruits, with savoury notes of tomato leaf and grass.

Hailing from Pivnica Brhlovce, a small artisan winery in Western Slovakia, this vino has spent four days with skin contact followed by oak barrel fermentation, resulting in structure, texture and complexity. However, first-time natural wine drinkers may find this wine too challenging.

Golden in colour, this pét nat is a heady mix of jasmine and orange blossom and has hints of pastries, so, it really suits desserts such as tarte tatin and frangipane, or even something custard-based. Along with pear and apricot, the aromatic pinot gris, sauvignon blanc and sweet tokai friulano bring a playful fragrance. With an elegance that can sometimes be missing from other pét nats, this is a beautiful expressive wine full of tropical flowers and fruit.

This is a cool, cloudy, complex little pét nat. A non-vintage Greek wine, it has weight and salinity, which isn’t surprising, as the vineyards are surrounded by the Aegean Sea. Made in the Attica region of Greece by combining traditional winemaking methods, such as the use of amphorae, with new innovative techniques, it hails from a family that has been making wine for generations.

This may not be the most exciting wine out there but it is a good option for pairing with food, as it offers a playful spritz, along with a richness and creaminess – understated but delicious.

This pét nat has soft fluffy bubbles, a good amount of fresh acidity, and delicious fruity aromas. Made by winemaker Chloi Chatzivariti from Greek white grapes malagousia and muscat (known for their floral and intense style), migma is produced in a small winery in the north of Greece. It tastes of white flowers, straw and elderflower. While there is a little bit of lees ageing, cool fermentation keeps the fresh flavours of peach and apricot, too. This is a wine that demonstrates pét nats can be understated and of great quality.

This is a rosado pét nat, so, a strawberry-coloured dark rosé. At 13%, it has one of the higher alcohol percentages of the wines we tested but it is still surprisingly light. Packed full of red fruit and a good amount of texture, this is definitely a fun, unserious pét nat, though, as a youthful wine, it lacks complexity, compared with others in this list.

Put together by winemaker Tim Wildman, the pioneer of the pétillant naturel style of wine in Australia, the wine has a big hit of cherry – probably owing to the blend of Italian grapes grown in the Adelaide Hills region.