Pet Nat Wine | What is a Pet-Nat?
Pét Nat, aka 'Pétillant Naturel' or Pet-Nats are sparkling wines which finish their fermentation IN the bottle. Made with the Ancestral Method, also called “Col Fondo”, Pet Nats are usually fun, fresh, a little yeasty and have just the right balance of fizz. Browse a range of sparkling Pet-Nat natural wines from top natural wine producers all over the world - Orange Pet Nats, White Pet Nats, Ped Pet Nats & Rosé Pet Nats, or learn more about them below.
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Helena 2022 Pet Nat
Dluhe Grefty
JUUUUUUICY & CRAAAZY!
"When Life Gives You Lemons..." Pet Nat
Grandbois Wines
YUM! 100% Riesling Pet Nat
Il Bruto & The Beast 2021
Valli Unite
Fun Italian Fizz
Gentlemant Malvasia
Clos Lentiscus
Fresh, easygoing fizz
Smarazen
Mirco Mariotti
Best value Pet Nat on the shop!
Unicorn Knight Chardonnay Pet Nat (120 bottles made)
Grandbois Wines
Quirky & Nicely Rounded
Set e Mez
Mirco Mariotti
Fortana from Emilia Romagna
Bad Behaviour Bacchus Pet Nat
Grandbois Wines
Chalky, Citrus and Quince
Kidev Erti Rkatsiteli 2021
Lapati Wines
French Georgian
Bolle di Fognano Pet Nat
Paolo Foppiani
Barbera Rosato fizz
Vi Viu Ancestral
Bodegas Cueva
Syrah & Grenache Pet Nat
Rapagón Burbujas 2021
Bodega Viñerón
Serious Palomino Fino!
Gentlemant Sumoll
Clos Lentiscus
AKA 'The Bubble Man'
Pinot Noir Ancestral
Clot de les Soleres
Off-dry. Ideal for spicy food
Cabernet Sauvignon Ancestral
Clot de les Soleres
Off-dry. Ideal for spicy food
Chardonnay Ancestral
Clot de les Soleres
Off-dry. Ideal for spicy food
Macabeu Ancestral
Clot de les Soleres
Off-dry. Ideal for spicy food
Ancestral 2021
Celler Tiques
Creamy. Fresh. Elegant
0889 Ancestral 2020
Bodega Viñerón
Serious Palomino Fino!
Frauenpower 2023
Vin De Lagamba
Awesome red fizz, like a dry German Lambrusco
Schmuck Pet Nat Rosé
Max Dexheimer
Pinot Noir from Rheinhessen
Magic Potion Pet Nat 2023
Vinyes Tortuga
Cabernet Sauvignon Pet Nat
Pét Nat Rosé
Herzanovi
Cabernet Moravia & Sankt Laurent
Pitt Nat Rose (Dogma)
Pittnauer
Rosé Austrian Pet Nat
Pet Nat Andre Rose
Syfany
Think Raspberry & Rhubarb
Sweet Pinot Dreams
Veverkovi
Czech Fruit Bomb
Glücksbrause aka Nellie
Der GlücksJäger
Pug Lover Rosé
FKK Rosé Fizz 2023
B.D Schmitt
Technically... not actually a Pet Nat
Voria Orange
Porta del Vento
Fun, affordable, fresh
Voria Rosato MAGNUM
Porta Del Vento
Big bottle of Sicilian fun!
Pink Fizzy Glow Glow
Glow Glow Wines
Brand New Pet-Nat!
Pet Nat Scheurebe
Andi Weigand
New fizz from Rheinhessen
Pet Nat Rosé 2022
Brand
Open carefully - explosive ;)
Pet Nat Purellus Pinot Noir Rose 2022
Rudolf Trossen
VERY bubbly Pet Nat
Pet Nat Rose 2022
Nature's Calling
Unique, funky, fruity
Fizzy Glow Glow 2023
Glow Glow Wines
Refreshing Pet Nat
Who invented Pet Nat wines?
While pet nats might seem like a hip new fashionable “fad”, the method of winemaking used (called the Ancestral method, or “Col Fondo”) is actually one of the oldest techniques for making sparkling wine!
Unlike the “Traditional Method” or “Method Champenoise” wines of Champagne, Cremant or Cava, these wines are produced by a single fermentation (whilst traditional method wines see two fermentations).
The trick lies in the partially fermented juice being bottled, with no SO2 addition. The fermentation then finishes inside that very bottle. As the yeasts convert sugar to alcohol and complete their journey to dryness (leaving a little residual sugar behind) the by-product of carbon dioxide is created and captured in the bottle - voila, bubbles!
No-one really knows who created them first, as technically, they would have been accidentally made when a wine was bottled with a little too much residual sugar and no Sulphites added, meaning the wine had not finished fermenting before being bottled, and this would have caused a natural bubble. The earlier forms of Prosecco, using the Glera grape regionally found in Veneto, would have been Col Fondo Pet Nats. In the same area, the founder of popular winery Costadilà called Ernesto Cattel is largely credited with making the first orange pet nat, which is a slightly more complex process to get the balance right between tannins and drinkability.
Best Pet Nat Wines
VORIA Bianco
Porta Del Vento
THE Best Value Pet Nat ?
"When Life Gives You Lemons..." Pet Nat
Grandbois Wines
YUM! 100% Riesling Pet Nat
Pet Nat
Andreas Ziniel
Yum! Rose Water, Peach, Vanilla
What do Pet Nats taste like?
Pet Nats are typically low to medium alcohol, fresh, acidic with vibrant fruit and sometimes can have a little sweetness, although most are dry.. The mouthfeel is often quite rounded and some can feel that bready/yeasty quality in the wines.
The beauty is - they are all different! The sheer amount of winemakers around the world making pet nats keep it interesting for even the most seasoned natural wine drinkers. There are no particular regions better than others for Pet Nats, however, our personal experience has shown wine regions with cooler climate, and thus more acidity, tend to make for fresher Pet Nats.
So, Pet Nats from Germany, Austria and cooler parts of France are often more appealing to us personally than Pet Nats from hotter regions, although this is not always the case. A lot of the success of a Pet Nat depends on harvesting grapes early to retain freshness and acidity, rather than maximum ripeness. Some winemakers choose to make pet nats out of grapes which can be tricky to make perfect by themselves as still wines.
For example, red grape Sankt Laurent in Austria is a notorious grape to perfect as a still wine, due to the requirement for poor quality soils like gravel to make the vines dig very deep, and the precise time for harvesting. Some winemakers avoid the stress and use it as a direct press, using just the clear juice, to make a Blanc de Noir or Rosé Pet Nat instead.
What is Pet Nat Disgorgement?
Pet Nats can come in two methods - disgorged and undisgorged. When the Pet Nat finishes its fermentation, it has natural yeast sediments that form in the bottle, and the wine is very, very cloudy. The risky thing about making Pet Nats is that they can be too bubbly, even explosive on opening - making a mess once opening as they are out of control. This often happens with undisgorged Pet Nats, which need to be opened extremely slowly, over a period of many minutes.
To most consumers, this is not desired and dangerous for your clothes or guests, so most producers spend a considerable amount of time disgorging their pet nats by hand, one by one. This removes the big sediment and some of the built up explosive energy from the bar pressure that has built up within the bottle. The bottle is then refilled with the same wine and a new cap is placed on top.
Some people wonder why Pet Nats can be expensive, and it is this lengthy process that requires handwork, time and also loss of the original wine that comes out when being disgorged.
Some Pet Nas which are disgorged can still become explosive, so it is sometimes risky to open a Pet Nat. It is recommended to always open a Pet Nat very cold, and carefully as you never know which ones will explode or not if you have not had the wine before!
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