L’AUTUNNO features a collection of savoury, complex wines to complement autumn’s larder. Offering layers of depth and intrigue, they are perfect for celebrating around the table with the best the season has to offer.
GAZZETTA
Bianco Gazzetta 2025
Lazio, Italy
A blend of Procanico, Ansonica and Malvasia from Trish’s old vines planted on volcanic soils in the hills above Bolsena. The grapes were destemmed and macerated on the skins for three days, before the wine rested a year in vats. Hazy, straw yellow, this brims with energy and is perfumed generously with stone fruit, flowers and minerals, making for a great aperitivo.
Procanico, Ansonica, Malvasia
CANTINA GIARDINO
NA 2024
Campania, Italy
A blend of Fiano, Coda di Volpe and Greco from old vines in Montemarano. From a challenging vintage for the vines in which yields were decreased dramatically, this spent just two days on the skins before being pressed off to a combination of stoneware, concrete and large chestnut casks for almost two years. Reflecting the year that was, this is a little more compact and elegant than previous releases, with gentle notes of stone fruits, citrus and smoke framed by just the right amount of tannin.
Coda di Volpe, Fiano, Greco
ROMUALD VALOT
Beaujolais Villages Les Sauvages 2025
Beaujolais, France
From sixty-year-old vines planted four hundred metres above sea level over blue granite in the village of Quincie. This is a little lighter and wilder than the Électron Libre, with plenty of tart red fruit and a rootsy, earthy note that complements it beautifully. A wine for the table, best enjoyed alongside the kind of robust cuisine you find in the bouchons of nearby Lyon.
Gamay
TENUTA MIGLIAVACCA
Vino Rosso 2025
Piedmont, Italy
A blend of Barbera, Grignolino and Freisa. This is made from the pressings of the single-varietal wines, as well as wines made with grapes from younger or less-exposed vines. It rests in large wooden casks until spring, when it is moved to concrete vats and bottled when needed, in keeping with the sfuso tradition. Offering pure fruit, earth and spice, there is a pleasant depth and easygoing harmony to be found here, making for a wonderful vino da tavola.
Barbera, Grignolino, Freisa
LE COSTE
Litrozzo Rosso 2024 [1L]
Lazio, Italy
A blend of Sangiovese, Montepulciano and Merlot from Montefiascone that were destemmed and spent a week on the skins, before being pressed off to vats to rest until the following spring. A cooler vintage has produced a light, bright and vibrant wine heady with red cherry, liquorice and herbs. Perhaps the ultimate pizza wine, served chilled, this is Italy’s answer to a good Beaujolais.
Sangiovese, Montepulciano, Merlot
CANTINA GIARDINO
Drogone 2021
Campania, Italy
From a seventy five year old vineyard in Montemarano, this spent two months on skins, followed by eighteen months in chestnut barrels. The freshness of the vintage led to Antonio deciding to bottle this a little earlier than usual and the result strikes a perfect balance between maturity and the vigour of youth, with neat tannins framing classic notes of black fruits, olive, smoke and brine. A wine we turn to time and time again during the cooler months.
Aglianico