IL TERRAZZO features wines which encapsulate everything we love about summer drinking. Delicate and perfumed, they offer plenty of complexity and finesse and are perfect alongside the beautiful ingredients that fill the markets at this time of year.
CANTINA GIARDINO
Metodo Olimpia 2022
Campania, Italy
Falanghina from Benevento blended with a little Greco from Montemarano. The grapes were fermented on the skins for four days before being pressed off and put into bottle the following spring with a little Greco and Coda di Volpe must for a second fermentation. There is no disgorgement, making for a dry, cloudy and robust sparkling wine that is full of energy. As old-school as it gets; served alongside a good hunk of salame or cheese, it makes for a wonderful aperitif.
Falanghina, Coda di Volpe, Greco
LE COSTE
Bianchetto 2022
Lazio, Italy
From parcels in both Pitigliano and Montefiascone, this is a blend of Procanico, Malvasia di Candia, Moscato and many other local varieties. It spent two weeks on skins, before being pressed to vats for six month of rest. From a cooler, wetter vintage, this is wonderfully delicate and nuanced, with gentle notes of citrus, smoke and spice. Featherweight on the palate, once opened a bottle will not last long.
Procanico, Malvasia, Moscato
GAZZETTA
Bianco Misticanza 2022
Lazio, Italy
A blend of Trebbiano, Malvasia Toscana and Ansonica from Trish’s old vines in Belvedere, macerated for four days before ageing in vat until the springtime. A deep shade of amber in the glass, this impresses with gorgeous aromatics and firm tannins which frame vibrant flavours of citrus, minerals and herbs. A pitch-perfect vino da tavola, which lends itself to Lazio’s rustic cuisine.
Trebbiano, Malvasia Toscana, Ansonica
DOMAINE DE L’OCTAVIN
Cariboom 2021
Jura, France
This blend of roughly equal parts of Carignan and Grenache comes from the biodynamic vineyards of Claude Ughetto in the Vaucluse. The former was pressed directly, with the Grenache added to the fermenting juice as whole bunches to infuse gently for two weeks, before being pressed to cuve to rest until the following spring. The result is a light, bright and perfumed wine with notes of red cherry, citrus and bitter herbs that pile on the charm.
Carignan, Grenache
BENOIT CAMUS
Château Roulant 2021
Beaujolais, France
This comes from the same parcels as Vagabond and is made in a similar fashion, the only difference being the vintage. As one might expect this is lighter, brighter and a little more wild than its counterpart, with the limestone lending great freshness.
Gamay
CASCINA TAVIJN
68 2022
Piedmont, Italy
A roughly even blend of Barbera and Ruché, destemmed and fermented separately on skins for six weeks before being assembled in a variety of vessels to rest for nine months. The former brings its black and blue fruit, while the latter’s pretty aromatics pile on the charm. A joyful wine with a great sense of place.
Barbera, Ruché