IL TERRAZZO features wines that 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.
JACOPO STIGLIANO
Samodia Rosato Frizzante 2024
Emilia-Romagna, Italy
This delicious sparkling rosato is made from a blend of local varieties both white and red, harvested together and pressed directly to concrete until the following spring. The wine was then moved to bottle with a little must from the same harvest for a second fermentation in the bottle. Pretty and pale, its fine bubbles frame refreshing notes of red berries, chalk and minerals.
Barbera, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Pignoletto, Trebbiano Modenese, Montuni
LES ÂNES AILÉS
Arlequin 2024
Roussillon, France
A blend of Grenache Blanc, Vermentino and a touch of Muscat d’Alexandrie, grown by a friend of Francesco’s over sandy soils at the foot of Les Albères mountains in the Pyrenees. The grapes were foot-trodden, and spent a short amount of time on skins before being pressed to concrete until the following spring. A gorgeous shade of gold, it is gently perfumed with lavender and peach, whilst the palate offers refeshing notes of pith and salt.
Grenache Blanc, Vermentino, Muscat d’Alexandrie
AJOLA
Bianco (Se) 2023
Umbria, Italy
A blend of Procanico, Malvasia and Verdello planted over clay and limestone in Pitigliano. The grapes were fermented on the skins as whole bunches for five days, before being pressed to vats. The result is a hazy, vibrant maceration that is all pith, zest and chalk.
Procanico, Malvasia Toscana, Verdello
BARRACO
Rosammare 2024
Sicily, Italy
This delicious Rosato comes from a small parcel of young vines of Nero d’Avola planted over sandy soils. The grapes were picked early and spent just a night on the skins, before being moved to concrete until the following spring and bottled with no additions. A hazy shade of pink, it offers refreshing notes of blood orange, salt and spice.
Nero d’Avola
GUTTAROLO
Xira 2025
Puglia, Italy
This delicious rosato-cum-red comes from young vines of Susumaniello planted over limestone. The grapes spent an evening on their skins to lend a flash of colour, before being pressed to porcelain amphorae for fermentation and ageing until the following spring. Pale cherry-red, it offers no shortage of brightness, lift and crunch. Served chilled, it makes for excellent summer drinking.
Susumaniello
LA PETITE SOEUR
Kumu 2025
Loire, France
This light, bright and vibrant Pineau d’Aunis comes from a young vineyard in Anjou planted over sand and schist. Half of the grapes were pressed directly and the remainder were infused as whole bunches for a fortnight, before being pressed to cuve for a short rest. This sees the variety at its most immediate, with tart strawberries and pink peppercorn at the fore.
Pineau d’Aunis